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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. Which of the following did the animal do?

2. Who answers the ad that Dupin puts up?

3. What does Dupin believe he may have to do to the man who is coming to visit them?

4. What second item would provide a way for the murderer to enter and escape from the windows?

5. How was the body placed in the chimney?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is robbery not a motive for the murders?

2. How did others view the murder victims before they died?

3. Describe the relationship between the laundress and the two murdered women.

4. Describe the tobacco salesman's relationship with the two murdered women.

5. How does The Narrator describe the story that he tells?

6. How might this short story have been considered controversial when it was written?

7. Compare Dupin to the police.

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

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

10. Could Dupin's analytical skills be a curse, or a bad thing? Why or why not?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the narrator of the story. Is he reliable or unreliable? What is his view of the protagonist and the antagonist?

Essay Topic 2

How does Poe build suspense in the story? Find three specific examples and analyze them.

Essay Topic 3

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

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