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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 the narrator have to ride over to approach near the house?
(a) A shallow stream
(b) A wooden bridge of several haphazard planks
(c) A short causeway
(d) A covered bridge wide enough for three carriages to ride abreast

2. What passages in the Pomponius Mela was interesting to the Usher?
(a) About the Egyptian afterlife
(b) About the Illuminati
(c) About African Satrys
(d) About the death of Christ

3. What was the duty of the Echoes in the song?
(a) To calm the agitated soul
(b) To sing of the wit and wisdom of their king
(c) To remind all of the light
(d) To drive the ruler mad

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

5. Who is the hero of Trist?
(a) Trist
(b) Ethelred
(c) Mandred
(d) Nathan

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the ruler in the early part of the song the narrator records?

2. What does the narrator speculate has contributed to the appearance of the premises?

3. What is the title of the verses Usher composes that the narrator pens in the story?

4. What does the narrator say about Usher's countenance after Madeline dies?

5. What is the "Ververt et Chartreuse"?

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