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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 Usher do after shading his lamp's light?
(a) Leans over the lantern and makes a ghastly face
(b) Begins reciting poetry
(c) Starts sobbing hysterically
(d) Throws open the casements

2. What effect does Usher think plants have had upon his life?
(a) They have made him what he is now
(b) They have whispered insane arguments to him and caused him anxiety
(c) They have kept him tied to the manor
(d) They have kept him alive long after he should be dead

3. What does the narrator realize the closer he becomes to Usher?
(a) Usher only wants to cause the narrator discomfort
(b) Usher is not as bad off as the narrator first believes
(c) Usher is faking his problems
(d) It is futile to try to cheer Usher

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

5. Why does Usher want to wait a fortnight?
(a) Usher is suspicious of the physicians' motives
(b) His sister was greatly loved and many people will want to pay their respects
(c) The moon will be full again
(d) His cousin will have returned for the funeral

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator say Roderick Usher painted?

4. What does the narrator say has occurred nearby?

5. For what is the light coming through the windows of the room sufficient?

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