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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 had Usher done as the narrator is reading to him?
(a) Put his head in his hands
(b) Scratched his own face
(c) Turned Usher's chair to face the door of the chamber
(d) Wrapped himself in the sheet from the bed

2. What does the hero of Trist find instead of the hermit?
(a) A crow
(b) An eagle
(c) A dragon
(d) A cat

3. What does the narrator say is "stern, deep, and irredeemable"?
(a) The gloom that pervades the air in the room
(b) The condemnation that pervades the air in the room
(c) The look on the faces of the master's uncle
(d) The look on the master's face

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. For what is the light coming through the windows of the room sufficient?
(a) To observe the gaunt frame of the master of the house
(b) To distinguish many of the objects in the room
(c) To avoid tripping over the furniture
(d) To read or sew by

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator feel when he gained his first glimpse of the House of Usher?

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

3. What happens one night when the narrator goes to bed about eight days after Madeline has died?

4. How does the narrator say Usher's voice changes after Madeline dies?

5. What does the narrator say about Usher after they had placed Madeline's coffin in the vault below the narrator's apartments?

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