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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. How does the narrator describe the House of Usher?
(a) Melancholy
(b) Airy
(c) Homey
(d) Tiny

2. What happens to the physical structure of the House of Usher?
(a) It is hurled into the heavens
(b) It sinks into the tarn
(c) It is left to rot
(d) It burns down

3. How does the hero finally get into the dwelling?
(a) By force
(b) He doesn't get in
(c) Coaxing
(d) Magic

4. What feelings arise in the narrator while first gazing upon Usher?
(a) Terror
(b) Bitterness and curiosity
(c) Anger
(d) Pity and awe

5. What does the narrator think Usher is attempting to find the courage to do after Madeline has been dead for several days?
(a) Leave his home and travel abroad
(b) Bury Madeline
(c) Ask the narrator to live there permanently
(d) Tell the narrator a secret

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does the narrator say is rapidly increasing as he sits aside his horse and surveys the surroundings?

2. How does the narrator describe Usher's overall countenance?

3. How does Usher react to bright light?

4. For what does Usher think his sister will upbraid him?

5. Instead of danger, what does Usher abhor?

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