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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 spreads over the entire exterior of the mansion?
(a) Ivy
(b) Moss
(c) Fungi
(d) Streaks of red

2. What happens to the trophies of armor when the narrator walks past them?
(a) They light up
(b) They bow
(c) They rattle
(d) Nothing

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

4. What sort of activities do Usher and the narrator do together over the next few days?
(a) Painting and reading
(b) Playing the harpsichord and singing
(c) Fencing and fox hunting
(d) Wild boar hunting

5. What happens one night when the narrator goes to bed about eight days after Madeline has died?
(a) The house shakes as if in an earthquake
(b) The doors and windows open and close on their own
(c) Usher moans all night
(d) The narrator suffers all night with fits of nervousness

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator first conducted when he enters the house of Usher?

2. How long does Usher want to keep Madeline's body before burial?

3. For what had the vault beneath the narrator's apartments once been used in feudal times?

4. What does the narrator say he often finds Usher doing?

5. What is the impact of Usher's condition on the narrator?

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