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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 the narrator doing at the opening of the story?
(a) Writing a letter to his son
(b) Fighting in a duel
(c) Plowing
(d) Riding on horseback

2. What does the narrator say is the cause of his initial impression and feelings as he approaches the House of Usher?
(a) The knowledge that his best friend has died in that house
(b) A combination of his trepidation about his new job and being recently widowed
(c) A combination of how the entire outside of the house and grounds appeared
(d) The desire to do well in his new employment

3. How does the hero finally get into the dwelling?
(a) He doesn't get in
(b) Coaxing
(c) Magic
(d) By force

4. How does the narrator describe the window panes?
(a) As being dirty
(b) As being glazed in thick lead
(c) As being enclosed in splintered wood
(d) As being trellised

5. How does the narrator describe Usher's demeanor?
(a) Aggressive
(b) Cautious
(c) Restrained hysteria
(d) Confident

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the windows of the House of Usher are like?

2. What feelings arise in the narrator while first gazing upon Usher?

3. What does Usher try to overcome in the presence of the narrator according to the narrator?

4. What does Roderick Usher hope will happen through a visit by the narrator?

5. What does the hero of Trist believe himself to be?

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