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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. About what does the narrator say Usher had always been excessive and habitual?
(a) Laxness in moral character
(b) Affection
(c) Loyalty
(d) Reserve

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

3. How does the narrator feel when he gained his first glimpse of the House of Usher?
(a) Anxious
(b) Hopeful
(c) Gloomy
(d) Optimistic

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

5. What does the narrator offer to read to Usher?
(a) One of Usher's favorite romances
(b) The Bible
(c) An epic poem by Homer
(d) "The Charge of the Light Brigade."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator later unable to convey about the time he spent with Usher?

2. What is one of the Usher's favorite volumes that the narrator and Usher read?

3. For what temperament does the narrator say the Usher family is known?

4. Who does the narrator meet on one of the staircases?

5. At what point in an opium user's habit does Usher sometimes resemble?

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