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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 word does the narrator use to describe the hours he spends with Usher?
(a) Frightful
(b) Peaceful
(c) Solemn
(d) Lazy

2. What are the trees like that are in the yard?
(a) Newly-planted
(b) Blooming
(c) Heavily leafed
(d) Decaying

3. What superstitious impression chains Usher?
(a) The belief that the house of Usher had itself caused Usher's malady
(b) The belief the garden is full of evil sprites
(c) The belief that Usher's grandfather controls Usher's life from the other side
(d) The belief that a demon lives in the cellar

4. What does Usher think the sounds in the house are?
(a) All his ancestors coming alive
(b) His sister breaking loose from her coffin
(c) The acting out of the storm's fury
(d) The devil's minions

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Usher say about his relationship with his sister?

2. What does the narrator say about Usher's countenance after Madeline dies?

3. What feelings arise in the narrator while first gazing upon Usher?

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

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

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