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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 later unable to convey about the time he spent with Usher?
(a) Exactly what the two did during the time
(b) The horror at being trapped with a madman
(c) The ways Madeline continually impinged upon their time
(d) The sorrow at failing to cheer his friend

2. What is one of the Usher's favorite volumes that the narrator and Usher read?
(a) Subterranean Voyage
(b) City of the Sun
(c) Journey into the Blue Distance
(d) Directorium Inquisitorium

3. What sort of activities do Usher and the narrator do together over the next few days?
(a) Fencing and fox hunting
(b) Playing the harpsichord and singing
(c) Wild boar hunting
(d) Painting and reading

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

5. Of what does the narrator say the atmosphere reeks?
(a) Lethargy
(b) Decayed trees and grey walls
(c) Evil
(d) Sadness

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose last waltz does the narrator hold a painful memory?

2. Where is the narrator first conducted when he enters the house of Usher?

3. How does the narrator describe the House of Usher?

4. What else had prepared the narrator for Usher's appearance?

5. What colors were the banners that floated on the place the lyrics describe?

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