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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 does the hero of Trist believe himself to be?
(a) The defender of the weak
(b) The slayer of the serpent
(c) The new guardian of the hermitage
(d) The champion of the brazen shield

2. What is the narrator unable to see in the room?
(a) The colors of the tapestries
(b) The expression on his friend's face
(c) The recesses of the ceiling
(d) The fact that there was someone else in the room besides his friend

3. What superstitious impression chains Usher?
(a) The belief that the house of Usher had itself caused Usher's malady
(b) The belief that a demon lives in the cellar
(c) The belief that Usher's grandfather controls Usher's life from the other side
(d) The belief the garden is full of evil sprites

4. What does the narrator say about Vigiliæ Mortuorum Secundum Chorum Ecclesiæ Maguntinæ?
(a) It is Madeline's favorite, but Usher abhors it
(b) Usher refuses to read it
(c) It was Usher's uncle's guide
(d) It is Usher's chief delight to read

5. What about the facade of the mansion seems contradictory?
(a) The care taken with the cornices compared to the haphazard placing of the windows
(b) The fact that the grounds are so well kept compared to the facade of the mansion
(c) The fact that so many individual stones are crumbling but the mansion is still quite intact
(d) The bright colors of the soffit compared to the grey of the stone

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Usher say about his relationship with his sister?

2. Where is the narrator first conducted when he enters the house of Usher?

3. Who leads the narrator through the house?

4. How does Usher prefer his food to be?

5. What does the narrator note about the mansion's walls?

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