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

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

3. What does the hero of Trist find instead of the hermit?
(a) A cat
(b) A dragon
(c) An eagle
(d) A crow

4. What does the narrator call his "childish experiment"?
(a) Looking down within the tarn
(b) Holding a lit candle to the putrescent leaves
(c) Pushing upon several of the leaning trees
(d) Crossing his breast upon viewing the home

5. How is Usher's skin described?
(a) A ghastly pallor
(b) Flushed
(c) An upper-class paleness
(d) Ruddy

Short Answer Questions

1. For what temperament does the narrator say the Usher family is known?

2. How does the narrator describe Usher's demeanor?

3. Between what two poles does Usher's actions alternate?

4. How does Usher announce Madeline's death?

5. Into whose dwelling is the hero of Trist trying to enter?

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