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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 doubt when he studies over Usher's countenance?
(a) That it is Usher at whom he is looking
(b) That Usher is among the living
(c) That Usher wants rescuing
(d) That Usher has ever been out of the house since arriving home several years ago

2. For what does Usher think his sister will upbraid him?
(a) His desire to keep her body from the physician
(b) His weak constitution
(c) His belief in the goodness of God
(d) For being hasty

3. What does the narrator notice about Madeline when he and Usher are staring at her in the coffin?
(a) She looks incredibly sad
(b) She has a bit of blush to her cheeks and a lingering smile
(c) She has a look of horror on her face
(d) She looks to have aged several decades

4. How does Usher die?
(a) The narrator kills him by accident
(b) He dies of fright
(c) His sister kills him with a knife
(d) He jumps out of the window

5. What does Usher believe about plants?
(a) They are sentient
(b) They are insidious
(c) They have no value
(d) They are the only thing one should eat

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does not come up between the narrator and Usher during the next several days?

2. What passages in the Pomponius Mela was interesting to the Usher?

3. What does the narrator offer to read to Usher?

4. How does Usher announce Madeline's death?

5. What does the narrator say the windows of the House of Usher are like?

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