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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. What color is the light coming through the windows?
(a) Rainbow colored
(b) Bright blue
(c) Crimson
(d) Dark green

2. What does the narrator say is the cause of his initial impression and feelings as he approaches the House of Usher?
(a) The knowledge that his best friend has died in that house
(b) A combination of his trepidation about his new job and being recently widowed
(c) A combination of how the entire outside of the house and grounds appeared
(d) The desire to do well in his new employment

3. What is one word the author uses to describe the furniture?
(a) Comfortable
(b) Comfortless
(c) Well maintained
(d) Fragile

4. Who is the hero of Trist?
(a) Nathan
(b) Ethelred
(c) Mandred
(d) Trist

5. How is Usher's skin described?
(a) Ruddy
(b) Flushed
(c) A ghastly pallor
(d) An upper-class paleness

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe Usher as seeming to pour forth as if it were "an inherent positive quality"?

2. Between what two poles does Usher's actions alternate?

3. What music does Usher prefer?

4. What does the narrator say is "stern, deep, and irredeemable"?

5. What does the narrator say about Usher after they had placed Madeline's coffin in the vault below the narrator's apartments?

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