Edgar Allan Poe - "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

The author is mostly interested in telling how

• a sailor loses his pet orangutan
• Dupin solves a murder case
• Madame L'Espanaye gets her money
• the narrator refuses to believe Dupin's ideas

Where is the body of Madame L'Espanaye found?

• In the chimney
• on the bed
• on the floor beneath the table
• in the yard behind the building 

Most of the witnesses agree that one of the voices was that of a

• German

• Russian

• Frenchman

• Spaniard

Dupin realizes that the second window has a

• a nail

• a sash

• a heavy rope

• a broken part that looks fine

Dupin guesses that the second voice wasn't human because

• none of the witnesses agreed on what language it spoke

• two witnesses said that it sounded like a monkey's

• people from different nationalities could not come to an agreement

• one witness said it sounded supernatural

The sailor is arrested for the murders probably because

• he was the last one nown to have visited the two women

• all the witnesses recognized his voice

• he knew the women personally

• He came back to the crime scene to pick his orangutan up

When the sailor tells the story of the murder, he feels 

• frightened
• sorrowful
• angry
• happy

What power of Dupin's is most obvious in this story?

• his wealth
• his courage
• his ability to reason
• his great physical strength

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