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‘Metzengerstein’ and ‘The Murders in the Rue

Morgue’

1 Which of these sentences are true, which are false?

Correct those that are false.

(a) The Berliftitzings and the Metzengersteins had been

fighting for ten years.

(b) The Metzengerstein family was the richest in Hungary.

(c) The mysterious horse had the initials FVM on its head.

(d) William von Berliftitzing died trying to save one of his

horses.

(e) At the end of the story, there was a fire in the

Berliftitzing castle.

2 Match the witnesses with their evidence.

(a) Pauline Dubourg

(i) Madame L’Espanaye opened a 

bank account eight years ago.

(b) Isidore Musèt

(ii) The cries lasted about ten

minutes.

(c) Henri Duval

(iii) I carried the money to the

house in two bags.

(d) Odenheimer

(iv) I’m sure they don’t have a

servant.

(e) Jules Mignaud

(v) I forced open the door with an

iron bar.

(f) Adolphe Le Bon

(vi) The high voice was not that of 

either of the dead women.