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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. Who first occupies the place the lyrics describe?
(a) Demons
(b) Angels
(c) Humans
(d) Beasts of the field

2. What does the narrator perceive under the mass of cloud vapors?
(a) An unnatural glow
(b) Faces of demons
(c) A rainbow
(d) Flying objects

3. What does the narrator describe Usher as seeming to pour forth as if it were "an inherent positive quality"?
(a) Gossip about their fellow students.
(b) The story of his parents' individual deaths
(c) His fascination with his sister's illness.
(d) Darkness from Usher's mind

4. What does the hero of Trist find instead of the hermit?
(a) A crow
(b) An eagle
(c) A dragon
(d) A cat

5. What does the narrator see when he looks in Usher's eyes?
(a) A strange calmness
(b) Hope
(c) Mad hilarity
(d) Overwhelming grief

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Usher hope to gain from the narrator?

2. What happens to the physical structure of the House of Usher?

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

4. What color are the tree trunks?

5. Which work of Swedenborg's does the narrator mention?

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