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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 does Usher admit in a lucid moment concerning his gloomy outlook?
(a) It is probably because he has not gone anywhere for a while
(b) It is probably because of his sister's absence for the past several months
(c) It is probably due to the extreme overcast weather of late
(d) It is probably due to his severe and long-standing illness

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

3. At what point in an opium user's habit does Usher sometimes resemble?
(a) After the drug is worn off and the user has to eat some more
(b) During the initial time of intense excitement just after the user has had some opium
(c) When the drug is almost wore off
(d) During a time when trying to quit the habit and the user is shaking in delirious confusion

4. What type of energy does the narrator believe Usher's chin shows?
(a) Moral
(b) Filial
(c) Robust
(d) Goal-oriented

5. What is the narrator unable to see in the room?
(a) The expression on his friend's face
(b) The recesses of the ceiling
(c) The colors of the tapestries
(d) The fact that there was someone else in the room besides his friend

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say has changed in Usher in a short period of time?

2. What is the narrator's response to the sounds?

3. For what is the light coming through the windows of the room sufficient?

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

5. What is Usher carrying as he knocks on the narrator's door?

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