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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. For what had the vault beneath the narrator's apartments once been used in feudal times?
(a) Torture and imprisonment
(b) A bolt hole
(c) Storing scrolls
(d) Storing food

2. What does Usher say he dreads?
(a) Losing his mind
(b) The past being uncovered
(c) Events in the future
(d) His sister suffering because of him

3. What does the narrator hear through the noises of the storm?
(a) Low and indefinite sounds
(b) Screaming
(c) A trumpet blowing
(d) Horses galloping

4. Why does the door to the vault below the narrator's apartments make an unusually sharp, grating sound when it is opened?
(a) It has swelled and is too tight a fit in the frame
(b) It is immensely heavy
(c) It has metal bands that reinforce it and that scrape against the frame
(d) It is poorly oiled

5. What happens one night when the narrator goes to bed about eight days after Madeline has died?
(a) The narrator suffers all night with fits of nervousness
(b) Usher moans all night
(c) The house shakes as if in an earthquake
(d) The doors and windows open and close on their own

Short Answer Questions

1. What style were Usher's paintings?

2. What does Usher do when Madeline passes through the apartment?

3. How is Usher's skin described?

4. What does the narrator see when he looks in Usher's eyes?

5. What feelings arise in the narrator while first gazing upon Usher?

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