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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. Why does the door to the vault below the narrator's apartments make an unusually sharp, grating sound when it is opened?
(a) It has metal bands that reinforce it and that scrape against the frame
(b) It is poorly oiled
(c) It is immensely heavy
(d) It has swelled and is too tight a fit in the frame

2. Where is the ruler in the early part of the song the narrator records?
(a) There is no ruler
(b) On his throne
(c) On his chariot
(d) Drowned in a river

3. What does the narrator see when he looks in Usher's eyes?
(a) Overwhelming grief
(b) Hope
(c) Mad hilarity
(d) A strange calmness

4. What does the narrator believe he hears when he reads about the hero slaying the creature?
(a) Nothing
(b) The same sound his imagination conjured in reading the book
(c) A voice saying, You die.
(d) Someone else reading the same story in another part of the house

5. What does the narrator say is inaccessible in the room to which he is shown?
(a) The books on the upper bookcases
(b) The high bed
(c) The windows
(d) The paintings of former generations of the Usher family

Short Answer Questions

1. After glancing at Usher, what does the narrator believe about the way in which Usher welcomes him?

2. How does the narrator describe the clouds?

3. What spreads over the entire exterior of the mansion?

4. What is the setting of the picture the narrator describes?

5. What does the narrator say is the principal feature of the Usher mansion upon closer inspection?

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