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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is able to back up the policeman's story?
(a) A shop owner.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A salesman.
(d) A tenant in the building.

2. What is the purpose of the epigraph in the beginning of the story?
(a) To give the solution to the mystery.
(b) To illustrate the scene.
(c) To introduce the characters.
(d) To foreshadow future events.

3. Who helped the person of interest obtain the animal?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His boss.
(c) His brother.
(d) His friend.

4. What could the police hear from outside the Rue Morgue?
(a) Screams.
(b) The sound of a car starting.
(c) Animal sounds.
(d) Crashing sounds.

5. What is the first evidence found at the Rue Morgue?
(a) A weapon.
(b) Glass from the broken window.
(c) Hair.
(d) Fingernails.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the animal act when the man walked in on him at the Rue Morgue?

2. What does Dupin spend time investigating?

3. What is the style of Dupin and the narrator's home?

4. What does the Narrator claim doesn't make a good player?

5. Who does Dupin relay the story of the murder to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Dupin's analytical skills solved the crime.

2. Why might the story not be considered a work of horror?

3. What does Dupin do at the crime scene?

4. What does the reader know about The Narrator?

5. What qualities does Dupin believe the killer has?

6. Describe how the killer killed the two women.

7. In what ways is The Narrator observant like Dupin?

8. Why is Adolphe arrested for the murders?

9. Describe the setting for the murders.

10. Describe the way the sailor interacts with Dupin.

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