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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. Whose last waltz does the narrator hold a painful memory?
(a) Von Weber
(b) Usher's own
(c) Mozart
(d) Strauss

2. What does the narrator say about Usher's countenance after Madeline dies?
(a) It is florid
(b) It is more pallid than ever
(c) It is terribly sorrowful
(d) It starts showing a little more color

3. What color are the tree trunks?
(a) White
(b) Grey
(c) Yellowed
(d) Brown

4. What is the narrator later unable to convey about the time he spent with Usher?
(a) The horror at being trapped with a madman
(b) The sorrow at failing to cheer his friend
(c) The ways Madeline continually impinged upon their time
(d) Exactly what the two did during the time

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the windows of the House of Usher are like?

2. What group of people does the narrator say is suggested in Usher's nose?

3. What else had prepared the narrator for Usher's appearance?

4. What does the hero of Trist believe himself to be?

5. What subject does not come up between the narrator and Usher during the next several days?

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