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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 Usher do after shading his lamp's light?
(a) Starts sobbing hysterically
(b) Begins reciting poetry
(c) Throws open the casements
(d) Leans over the lantern and makes a ghastly face

2. What does the narrator say about Usher after they had placed Madeline's coffin in the vault below the narrator's apartments?
(a) Usher actually smiled a few times
(b) Usher seemed more at peace
(c) Usher did very little but wander from room to room
(d) Usher burned all his paintings of Madeline

3. What does the narrator say is the principal feature of the Usher mansion upon closer inspection?
(a) Ostentatious detail
(b) Pretension
(c) Excessive antiquity
(d) Ornate gables

4. What painter does the narrator say paints in too concrete details?
(a) Meignaud
(b) Fuseli
(c) Fostre
(d) Bosch

5. What does Usher admit in a lucid moment concerning his gloomy outlook?
(a) It is probably because of his sister's absence for the past several months
(b) It is probably due to the extreme overcast weather of late
(c) It is probably due to his severe and long-standing illness
(d) It is probably because he has not gone anywhere for a while

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what does the narrator say the atmosphere reeks?

3. Instead of danger, what does Usher abhor?

4. How does Usher die?

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

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