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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. Into whose dwelling is the hero of Trist trying to enter?
(a) The monk
(b) The queen
(c) The prince
(d) The hermit

2. What does the narrator speculate has contributed to the appearance of the premises?
(a) The peculiarity of the family ancestry history
(b) The lack of priority to appearances
(c) The difficulty of finding a gardener to work in such isolation
(d) The lack of strong conviction

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

4. What is the narrator later unable to convey about the time he spent with Usher?
(a) The horror at being trapped with a madman
(b) The ways Madeline continually impinged upon their time
(c) The sorrow at failing to cheer his friend
(d) Exactly what the two did during the time

5. What else had prepared the narrator for Usher's appearance?
(a) By knowing what had happened to Usher's father
(b) Remembering certain things about Usher as a child
(c) Remembering a prophesy by a gypsy woman
(d) A letter penned by Usher's sister

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of the picture the narrator describes?

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

3. What is the source of the lighting in the painting the narrator describes?

4. What appalls the narrator when Usher enters the narrator's rooms?

5. What does the narrator say he could not remake into something better?

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