Early Trails of Detective Fiction

Literature · 10 questions

Ten questions about early detective-fiction works and protagonists.

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1. In which story does C. Auguste Dupin first appear?

   1. The Murders in the Rue Morgue
   2. The Gold-Bug
   3. The Purloined Letter
   4. The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
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   A) The Murders in the Rue Morgue

2. Which author created C. Auguste Dupin?

   1. Charles Dickens
   2. Émile Gaboriau
   3. Edgar Allan Poe
   4. Wilkie Collins
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   C) Edgar Allan Poe

3. In what year was Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone published?

   1. 1852
   2. 1887
   3. 1868
   4. 1872
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   C) 1868

4. What is the name of the detective in Charles Dickens's Bleak House?

   1. C. Auguste Dupin
   2. Inspector Bucket
   3. Sergeant Cuff
   4. Monsieur Lecoq
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   B) Inspector Bucket

5. Who created the character Monsieur Lecoq?

   1. Gaston Leroux
   2. Émile Gaboriau
   3. Émile Zola
   4. Jules Verne
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   B) Émile Gaboriau

6. Which term did Poe use for stories based on analytical reasoning?

   1. Analysis
   2. Induction
   3. Deduction
   4. Ratiocination
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   D) Ratiocination

7. In what year was “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” first published?

   1. 1841
   2. 1836
   3. 1850
   4. 1868
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   A) 1841

8. Which detective character appears in Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone?

   1. Inspector Bucket
   2. Monsieur Lecoq
   3. C. Auguste Dupin
   4. Sergeant Cuff
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   D) Sergeant Cuff

9. In which magazine did Poe's “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” first appear?

   1. Graham's Magazine
   2. The Knickerbocker
   3. Blackwood's Magazine
   4. The Saturday Evening Post
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   A) Graham's Magazine

10. In which novel does Monsieur Lecoq first appear?

    1. La Vieillesse de M. Lecoq
    2. L'Affaire Lerouge
    3. Le Crime d'Orcival
    4. Le Petit Vieux des Batignolles
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    B) L'Affaire Lerouge