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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 small pond near the house?
(a) Green and tepid
(b) Like a mirror
(c) Black and lurid
(d) Clear and cold

2. What emotion does the narrator say is rapidly increasing as he sits aside his horse and surveys the surroundings?
(a) Superstition
(b) Optimism
(c) Anticipation
(d) Distaste

3. What does the narrator help Usher carry?
(a) Stacks of books to a vault in the basement
(b) Usher's deerhound's body
(c) All the musical instruments that Usher decides to burn
(d) Madeline's coffin

4. What is the impact of Usher's condition on the narrator?
(a) It mystifies the narrator
(b) It saddens the narrator
(c) It makes the narrator want to remove Usher from the premises
(d) It terrifies the narrator

5. Who leads the narrator through the house?
(a) No one; he goes himself
(b) The narrator's friend's sister
(c) The cook
(d) The valet

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Usher think he got his malady?

2. What music does Usher prefer?

3. What is the title of the verses Usher composes that the narrator pens in the story?

4. What is one way the narrator said he had been prepared for Usher's present state?

5. What is the "Ververt et Chartreuse"?

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