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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. Where is the narrator first conducted when he enters the house of Usher?
(a) The room where he would be staying
(b) The gardens
(c) The master's studio
(d) The dining room

2. What music does Usher prefer?
(a) The harpsichord
(b) Voice
(c) Stringed instruments
(d) The flute

3. How many enduring branches can be found on the Usher family tree?
(a) Enough for respecibility
(b) About average for a prestigious line
(c) No insignificant number
(d) None

4. What does the narrator think Usher is attempting to find the courage to do after Madeline has been dead for several days?
(a) Leave his home and travel abroad
(b) Bury Madeline
(c) Ask the narrator to live there permanently
(d) Tell the narrator a secret

5. What startles the narrator as he reads one part of Trist?
(a) The narrator imagines he hears the same sounds in Usher's house
(b) The words start being blurry
(c) Usher begins hyperventilating
(d) The words seem to be moving across the page

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Usher think plants have had upon his life?

2. What are the trees like that are in the yard?

3. What spreads over the entire exterior of the mansion?

4. What does the narrator say is "stern, deep, and irredeemable"?

5. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere of the room?

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