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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 describe the House of Usher?
(a) Airy
(b) Homey
(c) Tiny
(d) Melancholy

2. What bewilders the narrator as he listens to Usher speak of his problem?
(a) Why Usher refuses to see a physician
(b) Some of the symptoms that Usher relates pertaining to his malady
(c) The way Usher speaks in a combination of French, English and Italian
(d) Why Usher wants the narrator there

3. What music does Usher prefer?
(a) The harpsichord
(b) Stringed instruments
(c) Voice
(d) The flute

4. What does Lady Madeline do the same evening as the arrival of the narrator?
(a) Take to her bed and not get up
(b) Go out for a ride and not return
(c) Leave to go visit a cousin
(d) Paint a dark, bleak picture of the house of Usher

5. What colors were the banners that floated on the place the lyrics describe?
(a) Blue
(b) Black
(c) Red
(d) Yellow

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say he could not remake into something better?

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

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

4. What color is the light coming through the windows?

5. What does the narrator say is the cause of his initial impression and feelings as he approaches the House of Usher?

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