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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 way the narrator said he had been prepared for Usher's present state?
(a) By Usher's letter to the narrator
(b) By gossip among classmates
(c) By the doctor, whom the narrator encounters in town before riding to the house of Usher
(d) By a letter penned by Usher's cousin

2. What group of people does the narrator say is suggested in Usher's nose?
(a) Russia
(b) Hebrew
(c) Toltec
(d) Scandinavian

3. What does the narrator think Usher is attempting to find the courage to do after Madeline has been dead for several days?
(a) Leave his home and travel abroad
(b) Tell the narrator a secret
(c) Ask the narrator to live there permanently
(d) Bury Madeline

4. What subject does not come up between the narrator and Usher during the next several days?
(a) The way the narrator wronged Usher at school
(b) The Lady Madeline
(c) The way Usher wronged the narrator at school
(d) Any mention of Usher's illness

5. What does Usher believe about plants?
(a) They are the only thing one should eat
(b) They are sentient
(c) They are insidious
(d) They have no value

Short Answer Questions

1. For what temperament does the narrator say the Usher family is known?

2. What is one thing the narrator say Usher suffers from intensely?

3. How does the narrator describe Usher's overall countenance?

4. How does the narrator explain what the two men witnessed when looking out the window?

5. What does Usher do when Madeline passes through the apartment?

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