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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 deficiency does the narrator note about the Usher family ancestry?
(a) That the entire family lay in the direct line of descent
(b) That it was speckled with other races
(c) That it had a number of issues that were never discussed
(d) It had included persons of dubious character

2. What does the narrator say Usher must not do?
(a) Go outside
(b) Look outside
(c) Go back to his room
(d) Go down to his sister's coffin

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

4. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere of the room?
(a) Lively
(b) Quiet
(c) Hopeful
(d) Sorrowful

5. What does Usher try to overcome in the presence of the narrator according to the narrator?
(a) Usher's nervous agitation
(b) The rancor the two men felt when they last parted
(c) The resentment Usher had always held toward the narrator for the narrator's superior mind
(d) The sorrow Usher felt when the narrator's sister rejected his marriage proposal

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the book that the narrator picks up to soothe Usher?

2. What does the narrator say has occurred nearby?

3. For what had the vault beneath the narrator's apartments once been used in feudal times?

4. What is the "grim phantasm"?

5. How does the narrator describe Usher's overall countenance?

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