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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 Usher offer as an example of his belief about plants?
(a) The caterpillar's preference for plants
(b) The grasses in the meadows
(c) The wild flowers
(d) The fungus on the walls of the house

2. Of what does the narrator suggest the MS. he receives gives evidence?
(a) Delicate intellect
(b) Overwhelming sorrow
(c) Unnatural calm
(d) Nervous agitation

3. How long does Usher want to keep Madeline's body before burial?
(a) A fortnight
(b) He wants to burn the body
(c) He wants to have the body lie in state in the church for three days
(d) Only the same night

4. What subject does not come up between the narrator and Usher during the next several days?
(a) The way the narrator wronged Usher at school
(b) The way Usher wronged the narrator at school
(c) The Lady Madeline
(d) Any mention of Usher's illness

5. What does the hero of Trist believe himself to be?
(a) The new guardian of the hermitage
(b) The defender of the weak
(c) The slayer of the serpent
(d) The champion of the brazen shield

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides books, what else were scattered about in the room?

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

3. What does the narrator say about Usher's countenance after Madeline dies?

4. How does Usher prefer his food to be?

5. How does the narrator know Usher is not asleep?

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