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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. Which work of Swedenborg's does the narrator mention?
(a) Doctrine of Life
(b) Heaven and Hell
(c) The White Horse
(d) The Last Judgment

2. How does the narrator describe the clouds?
(a) Stacked to the heavens
(b) Thin and wispy
(c) Dense and low
(d) There were no clouds in sight

3. What is one thing the narrator says Roderick Usher writes about to him?
(a) A legal problem
(b) An upcoming marriage
(c) A problem with his inheritance
(d) Grievous physical illness

4. About what does the narrator say Usher had always been excessive and habitual?
(a) Affection
(b) Loyalty
(c) Reserve
(d) Laxness in moral character

5. What are the trees like that are in the yard?
(a) Newly-planted
(b) Decaying
(c) Blooming
(d) Heavily leafed

Short Answer Questions

1. What feelings arise in the narrator while first gazing upon Usher?

2. What does the narrator say about the archway that leads into the hall?

3. What appalls the narrator when Usher enters the narrator's rooms?

4. What does the narrator say Roderick Usher painted?

5. Instead of danger, what does Usher abhor?

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