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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 happens to the narrator as he lies in bed the eighth night after Madeline's death?
(a) He imagines his mother calling him
(b) He is assaulted by one of the serving lads
(c) A blanket of utter terror falls upon his heart
(d) He prays and sees a light from the heavens

2. What is one word the narrator uses to describe the book he picks up to read?
(a) Uncouth
(b) Enlightening
(c) Charming
(d) Prosy

3. What about the facade of the mansion seems contradictory?
(a) The fact that the grounds are so well kept compared to the facade of the mansion
(b) The bright colors of the soffit compared to the grey of the stone
(c) The fact that so many individual stones are crumbling but the mansion is still quite intact
(d) The care taken with the cornices compared to the haphazard placing of the windows

4. What is the impact of Usher's condition on the narrator?
(a) It terrifies the narrator
(b) It makes the narrator want to remove Usher from the premises
(c) It saddens the narrator
(d) It mystifies the narrator

5. What does Usher believe will happen concerning his illness?
(a) It will soon pass
(b) He has no opinion
(c) He will recover but it will be a long time coming
(d) He will die of it

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's response to the sounds?

2. How does the narrator explain what the two men witnessed when looking out the window?

3. What does the narrator believe is odd about Usher's hair?

4. What does Usher fear about Madeline?

5. How does the narrator say Usher's voice changes after Madeline dies?

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