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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dupin respond to a direct though in another person's head?

2. What is Dupin determined to do in the story?

3. What is the second word that the policeman hears from outside the crime scene?

4. Who does Dupin believe has lost an animal?

5. Who was arrested for the murders?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Dupin place an ad in the paper?

2. Describe Adolphe's encounter with Madame L'Espanaye.

3. What does the reader know about The Narrator?

4. What is the appeal of the case to Dupin?

5. Describe the location of Madame L'Espanaye's daughter's body.

6. What does Dupin do at the crime scene?

7. Why did a struggle erupt between the sailor and the orangutan?

8. Why does Dupin feel disdain for the police investigation of the murders?

9. Describe the way the orangutan behaved after killing the women, according to the sailor.

10. Describe how the killer killed the two women.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What evidence of realism is present in the story? What makes it unrealistic?

Essay Topic 2

Is a short story the best way to convey this story's message? Explain why or why not, comparing it to another form such as a novel.

Essay Topic 3

What elements of Gothic literature are present in Poe's story?

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