AMERICAN LITERATURE
TRUE AND FALSE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dupin was the original model for the detective in literature. Based on the roguish François-Eugène Vidocq, onetime criminal and founder and chief of the French police detective organization Sûreté, Dupin is a Paris gentleman of leisure who for his own amusement uses “analysis” to help the police solve crimes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Auguste Dupin is generally acknowledged as the first detective in fiction. The character served as the prototype for many that were created later, including Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle and Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie.
Detailed explanation-3: -In “The Purloined Letter, ” Dupin solves the theft of the letter by putting himself at risk politically. Whereas the Paris police tread lightly around the actions of Minister D–, an important government official, Dupin ignores politics just as he ignores emotion in the gruesome murders of the Rue Morgue.
Detailed explanation-4: -"Well, then; I have received personal information, from a very high quarter, that a certain document of the last importance, has been purloined from the royal apartments. The individual who purloined it is known; this beyond a doubt; he was seen to take it. It is known, also, that it still remains in his possession."