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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 Usher prefer his food to be?
(a) Very mild
(b) Boiling hot
(c) Very spicy since he has little ability to taste
(d) Cool almost to the point of being cold

2. The throngs in the song laugh, but what do they not do anymore?
(a) Curtsy
(b) Smile
(c) Dance
(d) Sing

3. Who does Usher say is dying?
(a) His sister
(b) His brother
(c) His mother
(d) His cousin

4. What startles the narrator as he reads one part of Trist?
(a) The words seem to be moving across the page
(b) The words start being blurry
(c) Usher begins hyperventilating
(d) The narrator imagines he hears the same sounds in Usher's house

5. What happens to the trophies of armor when the narrator walks past them?
(a) Nothing
(b) They light up
(c) They bow
(d) They rattle

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point in an opium user's habit does Usher sometimes resemble?

2. What does the narrator say is dangerous to Usher?

3. What odors does Usher find oppressive?

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

5. In what were the evil things that assailed the monarch's "high estate" dressed?

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