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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. Who first occupies the place the lyrics describe?
(a) Humans
(b) Angels
(c) Demons
(d) Beasts of the field

2. What does Usher admit in a lucid moment concerning his gloomy outlook?
(a) It is probably because of his sister's absence for the past several months
(b) It is probably due to his severe and long-standing illness
(c) It is probably due to the extreme overcast weather of late
(d) It is probably because he has not gone anywhere for a while

3. Whose last waltz does the narrator hold a painful memory?
(a) Mozart
(b) Usher's own
(c) Von Weber
(d) Strauss

4. What passages in the Pomponius Mela was interesting to the Usher?
(a) About African Satrys
(b) About the Egyptian afterlife
(c) About the death of Christ
(d) About the Illuminati

5. What does Usher do when Madeline passes through the apartment?
(a) Asks if she is well
(b) Cries
(c) Jumps up and hugs her
(d) Asks her to summon a servant

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say overtakes him as he watches Lady Madeline leave?

2. What are the trees like that are in the yard?

3. What does the narrator say Roderick Usher painted?

4. What does the narrator say is dangerous to Usher?

5. Which work of Swedenborg's does the narrator mention?

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