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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 Usher's overall countenance?
(a) As unmemorable
(b) As noble
(c) As commonplace
(d) As not easily forgotton

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

3. What does Usher hope to gain from the narrator?
(a) Solace
(b) Forgiveness
(c) Money
(d) An agreement to marry Usher's sister

4. From what does the narrator say his feelings about Usher must arise?
(a) His lack of knowing Rodney's family
(b) His earlier envy of Rodney's great intellect when they were in school together
(c) A dream
(d) A bit of fancy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does the narrator say Usher had always been excessive and habitual?

2. What does Usher as the narrator after a few moments of staring into space?

3. What startles the narrator as he reads one part of Trist?

4. Who leads the narrator through the house?

5. What is the impact of Usher's condition on the narrator?

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