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

2. What is one of the Usher's favorite volumes that the narrator and Usher read?
(a) Subterranean Voyage
(b) Directorium Inquisitorium
(c) Journey into the Blue Distance
(d) City of the Sun

3. What does the narrator say about Usher's countenance after Madeline dies?
(a) It is more pallid than ever
(b) It is florid
(c) It starts showing a little more color
(d) It is terribly sorrowful

4. What is the title of the verses Usher composes that the narrator pens in the story?
(a) The Miniature Mind
(b) The Haunted Palace
(c) The Tin Palace
(d) The Thirty Years of Death

5. What type of energy does the narrator believe Usher's chin shows?
(a) Goal-oriented
(b) Filial
(c) Robust
(d) Moral

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Usher must not do?

2. What color are the tree trunks?

3. What is the narrator unable to see in the room?

4. What does the narrator hear through the noises of the storm?

5. How does the narrator describe Usher's demeanor?

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