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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does the narrator describe the night?
(a) Serene
(b) Torpid
(c) Deceptive
(d) Beautiful though stern
2. What does the narrator say is paradoxical about emotions based upon terror?
(a) They seldom are without a humorous side
(b) They are increased upon the contemplation of said emotions
(c) They are born of the feelings of goodness
(d) They are decreased when one chooses to use terror himself
3. What is one word the author uses to describe the furniture?
(a) Well maintained
(b) Comfortless
(c) Fragile
(d) Comfortable
4. How does Usher prefer his food to be?
(a) Very mild
(b) Boiling hot
(c) Very spicy since he has little ability to taste
(d) Cool almost to the point of being cold
5. How does the narrator respond to Usher coming into the narrator's apartment?
(a) The narrator is unhappy
(b) The narrator is uncomfortable but also any company is a relief
(c) The narrator orders Usher to leave
(d) The narrator is glad to know it is not Usher who his moaning
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the narrator describe Usher's overall countenance?
2. Where is the ruler in the early part of the song the narrator records?
3. What does Usher offer as an example of his belief about plants?
4. What does the narrator realize the closer he becomes to Usher?
5. What does Usher do after shading his lamp's light?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the small volume titled “Directorium Inquisitorium,” by the Dominican Eymeric de Gironne?
2. What does the narrator attempt to do for several days, and then what does he conclude about his attempts?
3. What does the narrator say about Roderick's usual habits after Madeline dies?
4. What does the narrator discover when he gets up and bends his ear close to Roderick's mouth?
5. How does the narrator attempt to calm Roderick?
6. How does the narrator find Roderick in the house?
7. What does the narrator notice Roderick doing as they hear a clanging sound at the same time the book mentions the same such sound?
8. One is one topic of discussion between the narrator and Roderick that arises from the singing of Roderick's song, "The Haunted Palace"?
9. How does the narrator describe the door into the vault where they lay Madeline's coffin?
10. How does the narrator describe Roderick's appearance?
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