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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fall of the House of Usher.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the expression on the face of the person the narrator encounters on the staircase?
(a) Exuberant
(b) Cunning and perplexed
(c) Welcoming
(d) Sad

2. What does the narrator say about Vigiliæ Mortuorum Secundum Chorum Ecclesiæ Maguntinæ?
(a) It is Usher's chief delight to read
(b) It is Madeline's favorite, but Usher abhors it
(c) Usher refuses to read it
(d) It was Usher's uncle's guide

3. What type of energy does the narrator believe Usher's chin shows?
(a) Moral
(b) Goal-oriented
(c) Robust
(d) Filial

4. What does the narrator have to ride over to approach near the house?
(a) A wooden bridge of several haphazard planks
(b) A shallow stream
(c) A covered bridge wide enough for three carriages to ride abreast
(d) A short causeway

5. Upon what does the narrator blame what happens the eighth night after Madeline's death?
(a) The lack of Usher's faith
(b) The vision of Madeline as they looked at her in the coffin
(c) The gloomy room furnishings
(d) Too much wine for dinner

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Usher want to keep Madeline's body before burial?

2. What bewilders the narrator as he listens to Usher speak of his problem?

3. What does Lady Madeline do the same evening as the arrival of the narrator?

4. In what was much of the vault beneath the narrator's apartments sheathed?

5. What happens to the trophies of armor when the narrator walks past them?

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