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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. To what does the narrator compare his depression of the soul?
(a) The time when his oldest child died
(b) The time he learned he had to leave his home that he loved
(c) The time when his wife died
(d) A post-opiate after-dream

2. What does the narrator note about the mansion's walls?
(a) They have recently been repaired
(b) The walls are covered in pictographs
(c) The walls are pitted by deer shot
(d) Some walls are crumbling and some are not

3. How does the narrator describe the small pond near the house?
(a) Green and tepid
(b) Like a mirror
(c) Clear and cold
(d) Black and lurid

4. What does Usher hope to gain from the narrator?
(a) Money
(b) An agreement to marry Usher's sister
(c) Solace
(d) Forgiveness

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the source of the lighting in the painting the narrator describes?

2. What does the narrator realize the closer he becomes to Usher?

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

4. Of what does the narrator suggest the MS. he receives gives evidence?

5. What odors does Usher find oppressive?

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