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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 often call Usher?
(a) Sadistic
(b) Hypochondriac
(c) Eccentric
(d) Misguided

2. What is the expression on the face of the person the narrator encounters on the staircase?
(a) Exuberant
(b) Welcoming
(c) Sad
(d) Cunning and perplexed

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

4. What does Usher say he dreads?
(a) Events in the future
(b) His sister suffering because of him
(c) Losing his mind
(d) The past being uncovered

5. What does the narrator say is "stern, deep, and irredeemable"?
(a) The gloom that pervades the air in the room
(b) The condemnation that pervades the air in the room
(c) The look on the faces of the master's uncle
(d) The look on the master's face

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel about how he is greeted?

2. What happens to the physical structure of the House of Usher?

3. What is a feature of one "phantasmagoric" picture that Usher painted and the narrator describes?

4. Upon what does the narrator blame what happens the eighth night after Madeline's death?

5. What fell down at the feet of the hero?

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