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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 Usher's ideality?
(a) Imaginative
(b) Lofty
(c) Unintelligible
(d) Base

2. How does Usher announce Madeline's death?
(a) Abruptly
(b) He does not announce it; he lets the narrator learn of it when the narrator goes to visit Madeline
(c) He has the physician tell the narrator
(d) He sings her a dirge

3. Of what texture is Usher's hair?
(a) Web-like softness
(b) Wirily
(c) Coarse
(d) Chopped

4. What is the creature guarding?
(a) The elixir of youth
(b) A palace of gold
(c) Pandora's box
(d) A book

5. What painter does the narrator say paints in too concrete details?
(a) Bosch
(b) Fuseli
(c) Meignaud
(d) Fostre

Short Answer Questions

1. For what place does the narrator say the atmosphere of the House of Usher has no affinity?

2. How does the narrator feel when he gained his first glimpse of the House of Usher?

3. What does the narrator say is paradoxical about emotions based upon terror?

4. What is one word the author uses to describe the furniture?

5. What does the narrator say has occurred nearby?

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