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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 bewilders the narrator as he listens to Usher speak of his problem?
(a) Why Usher refuses to see a physician
(b) Why Usher wants the narrator there
(c) The way Usher speaks in a combination of French, English and Italian
(d) Some of the symptoms that Usher relates pertaining to his malady

2. Who does the narrator meet on one of the staircases?
(a) The master of the house
(b) The family physician
(c) A young boy
(d) Another good friend who went to school with the narrator and Usher

3. To what does the narrator compare his depression of the soul?
(a) The time he learned he had to leave his home that he loved
(b) The time when his oldest child died
(c) The time when his wife died
(d) A post-opiate after-dream

4. How does Usher react to bright light?
(a) He likes it for painting
(b) His eyes are tortured by it
(c) He hates it because he can see himself in the mirror
(d) He likes it to play with his crystals

5. What fell down at the feet of the hero?
(a) A tree
(b) A suit of armor
(c) A shield
(d) A sword

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the physical structure of the House of Usher?

2. In what were the evil things that assailed the monarch's "high estate" dressed?

3. Instead of danger, what does Usher abhor?

4. What does the narrator call his "childish experiment"?

5. What does the narrator say is "cadaverously wan"?

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