“The Murders in the Rue Morgue”

Part 5-6
NAME:

1) What was wrong with the police’s belief that the murderer’s motive was money?
Because the murderers left the money.

2) Dupin deduced that the only reason for the killings was Fear .

3) List 2 things that demonstrate the “fearful strength” of the murderer.

1. The strength to put the girl in the fireplace

2. The strength to pull out human hair.

4) The narrator believed that a madman committed the murders.

5) Dupin is almost certain that an orangutan is the killer.

6) Why did Dupin believe that the second voice was not a killer?

Because it was a voice foreign to all ears and devoid of any distinct syllabifications.

7) Why did Dupin believe that a sailor was the owner of the animal? Because he came for the
animal.

8) Why did the sailor keep the animal in his home?

Because he wanted to sell the animal.

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 9) Where was the sailor when he witnessed the murders? He saw the animal make the crime.

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