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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 startles the narrator as he reads one part of Trist?
(a) The words seem to be moving across the page
(b) The words start being blurry
(c) Usher begins hyperventilating
(d) The narrator imagines he hears the same sounds in Usher's house

2. What is the setting of the picture the narrator describes?
(a) On top of a mountain
(b) In the sky
(c) On another planet
(d) In the depths of the earth

3. Of what does the narrator say the atmosphere reeks?
(a) Lethargy
(b) Evil
(c) Sadness
(d) Decayed trees and grey walls

4. Upon what do the clouds press according to the narrator?
(a) The gates of hell
(b) His own fears
(c) The bog and tarn
(d) The turrets of the house

5. What does the narrator say the windows of the House of Usher are like?
(a) Mirrors
(b) Eyes
(c) Dilapidated
(d) Ship portals

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Usher react to bright light?

2. What does the narrator doubt when he studies over Usher's countenance?

3. What does the narrator see when he looks in Usher's eyes?

4. What does the narrator think Usher is attempting to find the courage to do after Madeline has been dead for several days?

5. What is the title of the verses Usher composes that the narrator pens in the story?

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