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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. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere of the room?
(a) Hopeful
(b) Quiet
(c) Lively
(d) Sorrowful

2. What is one thing the narrator say Usher suffers from intensely?
(a) A childlike and dangerous belief in the unseen
(b) Wrongful beliefs
(c) A morbid acuteness of the senses
(d) Poor nutrition

3. What does the narrator say about the archway that leads into the hall?
(a) It was of Gothic architecture
(b) It was newly repaired
(c) There was no archway
(d) It had slimy vines hanging from it

4. What happens one night when the narrator goes to bed about eight days after Madeline has died?
(a) The doors and windows open and close on their own
(b) The house shakes as if in an earthquake
(c) Usher moans all night
(d) The narrator suffers all night with fits of nervousness

5. What does Usher fear about Madeline?
(a) That she hated Usher
(b) That she was terrified at the moment of her death
(c) That she was attacked by demons
(d) That she was still alive when put in her coffin

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Usher say is dying?

2. What does the narrator say he often finds Usher doing?

3. What does Usher hope to gain from the narrator?

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

5. Why does the narrator think he should read out loud to Usher?

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