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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. How does the narrator know Usher is not asleep?
(a) Usher is humming
(b) Usher is mumbling to himself
(c) Usher is pacing even though his eyes are closed
(d) Usher's eyes are wide open

2. Why does the narrator think he should read out loud to Usher?
(a) It will have a calming effect
(b) To distract the narrator from the moaning sounds
(c) To keep the narrator from dashing outside.
(d) To lighten the narrator's mood

3. How does the narrator feel about how he is greeted?
(a) It is foreboding
(b) It is overdone
(c) It is as if Usher is playing a game
(d) It is sad

4. At what point in an opium user's habit does Usher sometimes resemble?
(a) During a time when trying to quit the habit and the user is shaking in delirious confusion
(b) During the initial time of intense excitement just after the user has had some opium
(c) When the drug is almost wore off
(d) After the drug is worn off and the user has to eat some more

5. Instead of danger, what does Usher abhor?
(a) Terror
(b) Being abandoned by all
(c) Being misunderstood
(d) A placid life

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Usher offer as an example of his belief about plants?

3. How does the narrator describe the clouds?

4. What is the "Ververt et Chartreuse"?

5. What colors were the banners that floated on the place the lyrics describe?

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