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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 is one word the narrator uses to describe the book he picks up to read?
(a) Enlightening
(b) Prosy
(c) Uncouth
(d) Charming

2. What are the trees like that are in the yard?
(a) Newly-planted
(b) Blooming
(c) Decaying
(d) Heavily leafed

3. Who does the narrator meet on one of the staircases?
(a) Another good friend who went to school with the narrator and Usher
(b) The family physician
(c) A young boy
(d) The master of the house

4. What does the narrator say is dangerous to Usher?
(a) Standing in the rain
(b) Trying to understand the eerie atmosphere outside
(c) The outside air
(d) Dwelling too long on Madeline

5. What does the narrator hear as he paces through his apartment?
(a) A light step
(b) Labored breathing
(c) The sound of chains dragging
(d) A creaking door

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator have to ride over to approach near the house?

2. What does Usher hope to gain from the narrator?

3. At what point in an opium user's habit does Usher sometimes resemble?

4. How does Usher prefer his food to be?

5. What is one way the narrator said he had been prepared for Usher's present state?

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