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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides books, what else were scattered about in the room?
(a) Musical instruments
(b) Pillows
(c) Swords and other arms
(d) Papers

2. What does the narrator hear through the noises of the storm?
(a) Screaming
(b) Low and indefinite sounds
(c) A trumpet blowing
(d) Horses galloping

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

4. What does Usher believe about plants?
(a) They are insidious
(b) They are sentient
(c) They are the only thing one should eat
(d) They have no value

5. What does the narrator say is paradoxical about emotions based upon terror?
(a) They are increased upon the contemplation of said emotions
(b) They seldom are without a humorous side
(c) They are decreased when one chooses to use terror himself
(d) They are born of the feelings of goodness

6. What happens to the trophies of armor when the narrator walks past them?
(a) They light up
(b) They rattle
(c) They bow
(d) Nothing

7. What is one word the narrator uses to describe the book he picks up to read?
(a) Prosy
(b) Uncouth
(c) Enlightening
(d) Charming

8. What deficiency does the narrator note about the Usher family ancestry?
(a) It had included persons of dubious character
(b) That it was speckled with other races
(c) That the entire family lay in the direct line of descent
(d) That it had a number of issues that were never discussed

9. What does the narrator see when he looks in Usher's eyes?
(a) Overwhelming grief
(b) Hope
(c) A strange calmness
(d) Mad hilarity

10. Where is the ruler in the early part of the song the narrator records?
(a) On his throne
(b) Drowned in a river
(c) There is no ruler
(d) On his chariot

11. What is one way the narrator said he had been prepared for Usher's present state?
(a) By the doctor, whom the narrator encounters in town before riding to the house of Usher
(b) By gossip among classmates
(c) By a letter penned by Usher's cousin
(d) By Usher's letter to the narrator

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

13. What does the narrator have to ride over to approach near the house?
(a) A shallow stream
(b) A covered bridge wide enough for three carriages to ride abreast
(c) A wooden bridge of several haphazard planks
(d) A short causeway

14. What is the "grim phantasm"?
(a) A ghost who haunts the House of Usher
(b) Fear
(c) The night
(d) Death

15. What does the narrator say is "stern, deep, and irredeemable"?
(a) The look on the master's face
(b) The condemnation that pervades the air in the room
(c) The look on the faces of the master's uncle
(d) The gloom that pervades the air in the room

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Usher believe will happen concerning his illness?

2. What is the narrator later unable to convey about the time he spent with Usher?

3. What does the narrator say the windows of the House of Usher are like?

4. What does the narrator describe as long and improvised

5. How does the hero finally get into the dwelling?

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