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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 is Usher carrying as he knocks on the narrator's door?
(a) A book
(b) A Bible
(c) A lantern
(d) A sword

2. Who leads the narrator through the house?
(a) No one; he goes himself
(b) The valet
(c) The narrator's friend's sister
(d) The cook

3. What does the narrator hear as he paces through his apartment?
(a) Labored breathing
(b) The sound of chains dragging
(c) A creaking door
(d) A light step

4. After glancing at Usher, what does the narrator believe about the way in which Usher welcomes him?
(a) It is practiced
(b) It is sincere
(c) It is confusing
(d) It is feigned

5. How does the narrator describe the night?
(a) Serene
(b) Beautiful though stern
(c) Torpid
(d) Deceptive

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hero of Trist find instead of the hermit?

2. What had Usher done as the narrator is reading to him?

3. What superstitious impression chains Usher?

4. What does Usher say about his relationship with his sister?

5. What does the hero of Trist believe himself to be?

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