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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 the narrator say is paradoxical about emotions based upon terror?
(a) They seldom are without a humorous side
(b) They are born of the feelings of goodness
(c) They are decreased when one chooses to use terror himself
(d) They are increased upon the contemplation of said emotions

2. What does the narrator describe as long and improvised
(a) The fighting songs the two sang together
(b) The paeans to his ancestral lineage
(c) Usher's dirges
(d) Usher's harangues against the gods

3. What does the narrator say about Usher's countenance after Madeline dies?
(a) It is more pallid than ever
(b) It is terribly sorrowful
(c) It is florid
(d) It starts showing a little more color

4. To what does the narrator compare his depression of the soul?
(a) A post-opiate after-dream
(b) The time when his wife died
(c) The time he learned he had to leave his home that he loved
(d) The time when his oldest child died

5. What does the narrator hear as he paces through his apartment?
(a) A creaking door
(b) Labored breathing
(c) The sound of chains dragging
(d) A light step

Short Answer Questions

1. What two aspects of the Usher family does the narrator say the peasantry links together?

2. What does Usher try to overcome in the presence of the narrator according to the narrator?

3. What does the narrator say has occurred nearby?

4. What does Usher admit in a lucid moment concerning his gloomy outlook?

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

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