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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 believe is odd about Usher's hair?
(a) That it is now the color of Usher's sister's hair
(b) That it floats around Usher's face rather than lying on the head
(c) That it is no longer the same color as it was when he and Usher were in school
(d) That it is now thin and curly when before it had been thick and straight

2. How does Usher greet the narrator?
(a) With a certain amount of cynicism
(b) With a vivacious warmth
(c) With grave formality
(d) With charmed indifference

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

4. How does the narrator know Usher is not asleep?
(a) Usher is pacing even though his eyes are closed
(b) Usher's eyes are wide open
(c) Usher is humming
(d) Usher is mumbling to himself

5. How does Usher prefer his food to be?
(a) Cool almost to the point of being cold
(b) Very mild
(c) Very spicy since he has little ability to taste
(d) Boiling hot

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does the narrator say is rapidly increasing as he sits aside his horse and surveys the surroundings?

2. What happens to the trophies of armor when the narrator walks past them?

3. What two aspects of the Usher family does the narrator say the peasantry links together?

4. How often is it likely that the narrator will see Madeline in the future?

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

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