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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 dangerous to Usher?
(a) The outside air
(b) Standing in the rain
(c) Dwelling too long on Madeline
(d) Trying to understand the eerie atmosphere outside

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

3. What is the expression on the face of the person the narrator encounters on the staircase?
(a) Exuberant
(b) Sad
(c) Cunning and perplexed
(d) Welcoming

4. What word does the narrator use to describe the tapestries?
(a) Richly colored
(b) Somber
(c) Threadbare
(d) Intricately woven

5. What does the narrator hear through the noises of the storm?
(a) Low and indefinite sounds
(b) Horses galloping
(c) A trumpet blowing
(d) Screaming

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What colors were the banners that floated on the place the lyrics describe?

3. What does the narrator say has changed in Usher in a short period of time?

4. What does the narrator say about Vigiliæ Mortuorum Secundum Chorum Ecclesiæ Maguntinæ?

5. What does Roderick Usher hope will happen through a visit by the narrator?

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