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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 does the narrator describe Usher's ideality?
(a) Unintelligible
(b) Lofty
(c) Base
(d) Imaginative

2. How does the hero finally get into the dwelling?
(a) By force
(b) He doesn't get in
(c) Coaxing
(d) Magic

3. What does the narrator say is dangerous to Usher?
(a) Trying to understand the eerie atmosphere outside
(b) Dwelling too long on Madeline
(c) Standing in the rain
(d) The outside air

4. What is the title of the verses Usher composes that the narrator pens in the story?
(a) The Tin Palace
(b) The Haunted Palace
(c) The Miniature Mind
(d) The Thirty Years of Death

5. What does the narrator say has occurred nearby?
(a) A fire has started in the tarn
(b) The stable's roof has blown off
(c) A lighting strike on a tree
(d) A whirlwind has collected its force

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What deficiency does the narrator note about the Usher family ancestry?

3. What does the narrator say is paradoxical about emotions based upon terror?

4. Why does the narrator think he should read out loud to Usher?

5. What does the narrator hear through the noises of the storm?

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