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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. For what temperament does the narrator say the Usher family is known?
(a) Placid
(b) Artistic
(c) Sanguine
(d) Mercurial

2. For what does Usher think his sister will upbraid him?
(a) For being hasty
(b) His belief in the goodness of God
(c) His desire to keep her body from the physician
(d) His weak constitution

3. How does the narrator describe the lapse into everyday life in his description upon spying the House of Usher?
(a) A drudgery
(b) Bitter
(c) A lightness
(d) A relief

4. What does Usher think the sounds in the house are?
(a) All his ancestors coming alive
(b) The acting out of the storm's fury
(c) The devil's minions
(d) His sister breaking loose from her coffin

5. What is the expression on the face of the person the narrator encounters on the staircase?
(a) Sad
(b) Exuberant
(c) Welcoming
(d) Cunning and perplexed

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the trees like that are in the yard?

2. What does Usher admit in a lucid moment concerning his gloomy outlook?

3. What is the source of the lighting in the painting the narrator describes?

4. How many enduring branches can be found on the Usher family tree?

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

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