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The Purloined Letter

The Purloined Letter

  

by Edgar Allan Poe

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Story

Questions

1. Whose apartment are the characters in?
2. What is Monsieur G--'s job?
3. Who sees the theft take place?
4. Who is the thief?
5. Where does the queen leave the letter when the king walks into the room?
6. How does G-- get into D--'s apartment?
7. How much later does G-- return to Dupin?
8. How much money does G-- give Dupin?
9. Where does Dupin find the letter?
10. How does Dupin distract D--?

Answers

1. Dupin's
2. Prefect of the Paris police
3. The royal lady
4. Minister D--
5. On the table
6. He has a key that can open any door in Paris.
7. A month
8. Fifty thousand francs
9. In a rack hanging from the mantle
10. He pays a man to shoot a gun in the street.