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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. How often is it likely that the narrator will see Madeline in the future?
(a) Probably at the formal dinners every evening
(b) At least at chapel on Wednesdays and Sundays
(c) Probably never again
(d) Probably daily as she checks on her brother regularly

2. What does the narrator say has changed in Usher in a short period of time?
(a) Usher's appearance
(b) Usher's financial situation
(c) Usher's desire to accomplish great things
(d) Usher's feelings of confidence

3. What does the narrator note about the mansion's walls?
(a) The walls are covered in pictographs
(b) Some walls are crumbling and some are not
(c) The walls are pitted by deer shot
(d) They have recently been repaired

4. To what does the narrator say Usher seems to be listening?
(a) Imaginary sounds
(b) Pleas from the physicians who want Usher to accept sedation
(c) Usher's own sense of distorted reality
(d) Music from the drawing room

5. What does the narrator say about the archway that leads into the hall?
(a) There was no archway
(b) It was of Gothic architecture
(c) It was newly repaired
(d) It had slimy vines hanging from it

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roderick Usher hope will happen through a visit by the narrator?

2. What does the narrator think Usher is attempting to find the courage to do after Madeline has been dead for several days?

3. What odors does Usher find oppressive?

4. What does Usher hope to gain from the narrator?

5. What does the narrator say he could not remake into something better?

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