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

3. What had Usher done as the narrator is reading to him?
(a) Turned Usher's chair to face the door of the chamber
(b) Scratched his own face
(c) Put his head in his hands
(d) Wrapped himself in the sheet from the bed

4. How does the narrator feel when Usher's sister comes through the apartment where Usher and the narrator are?
(a) Dread
(b) Admiration
(c) Spiteful
(d) Tongue-tied

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

6. What does Usher say about the similarity between he and his sister's appearance?
(a) Their mother's genes were particularly strong in both of them
(b) Their father's genes were particularly strong in both of them
(c) They are twins
(d) Their parents were first cousins, so family resemblance is strong

7. What does Usher believe will happen concerning his illness?
(a) He has no opinion
(b) He will recover but it will be a long time coming
(c) He will die of it
(d) It will soon pass

8. What does the narrator say he could not remake into something better?
(a) The prospects of no work
(b) The cast of gloom coming from the House of Usher
(c) The reason he has come to the House of Usher
(d) His idea of his future employment

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

10. What is the weather like that night?
(a) Mild and clear
(b) A full moon and no stars
(c) Tempestuous
(d) A steady drizzle with no wind

11. What happens one night when the narrator goes to bed about eight days after Madeline has died?
(a) The narrator suffers all night with fits of nervousness
(b) Usher moans all night
(c) The doors and windows open and close on their own
(d) The house shakes as if in an earthquake

12. Into whose dwelling is the hero of Trist trying to enter?
(a) The prince
(b) The monk
(c) The queen
(d) The hermit

13. What appalls the narrator when Usher enters the narrator's rooms?
(a) Usher's general demeanor
(b) Usher's desire to enlist the narrator's aid
(c) Usher's joviality
(d) Usher's recital of a poem that makes no sense

14. What does Roderick Usher hope will happen through a visit by the narrator?
(a) The narrator will cheer up Usher
(b) The narrator will fall in love with Usher's sister
(c) The narrator will convince the judge of the unjustness of the legal situation
(d) The narrator will endeavor to convince Usher's uncle of Usher's competence

15. After glancing at Usher, what does the narrator believe about the way in which Usher welcomes him?
(a) It is practiced
(b) It is feigned
(c) It is sincere
(d) It is confusing