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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 Usher want to wait a fortnight?
(a) The moon will be full again
(b) His cousin will have returned for the funeral
(c) Usher is suspicious of the physicians' motives
(d) His sister was greatly loved and many people will want to pay their respects

2. What does Roderick Usher hope will happen through a visit by the narrator?
(a) The narrator will endeavor to convince Usher's uncle of Usher's competence
(b) The narrator will convince the judge of the unjustness of the legal situation
(c) The narrator will cheer up Usher
(d) The narrator will fall in love with Usher's sister

3. Whose last waltz does the narrator hold a painful memory?
(a) Usher's own
(b) Mozart
(c) Strauss
(d) Von Weber

4. What does the narrator call his "childish experiment"?
(a) Holding a lit candle to the putrescent leaves
(b) Crossing his breast upon viewing the home
(c) Looking down within the tarn
(d) Pushing upon several of the leaning trees

5. What is the "grim phantasm"?
(a) A ghost who haunts the House of Usher
(b) The night
(c) Death
(d) Fear

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about Usher after they had placed Madeline's coffin in the vault below the narrator's apartments?

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

3. What does the narrator say is inaccessible in the room to which he is shown?

4. What does the narrator think Usher is attempting to find the courage to do after Madeline has been dead for several days?

5. What about the facade of the mansion seems contradictory?

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