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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. Why does the door to the vault below the narrator's apartments make an unusually sharp, grating sound when it is opened?
(a) It has metal bands that reinforce it and that scrape against the frame
(b) It has swelled and is too tight a fit in the frame
(c) It is poorly oiled
(d) It is immensely heavy

2. What sort of activities do Usher and the narrator do together over the next few days?
(a) Wild boar hunting
(b) Painting and reading
(c) Playing the harpsichord and singing
(d) Fencing and fox hunting

3. What is the impact of Usher's condition on the narrator?
(a) It mystifies the narrator
(b) It makes the narrator want to remove Usher from the premises
(c) It saddens the narrator
(d) It terrifies the narrator

4. How does the narrator describe the clouds?
(a) There were no clouds in sight
(b) Dense and low
(c) Stacked to the heavens
(d) Thin and wispy

5. Instead of danger, what does Usher abhor?
(a) Being abandoned by all
(b) Terror
(c) A placid life
(d) Being misunderstood

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the principal feature of the Usher mansion upon closer inspection?

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

3. Who is the hero of Trist?

4. What does the narrator say overtakes him as he watches Lady Madeline leave?

5. How many enduring branches can be found on the Usher family tree?

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