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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 one word the author uses to describe the furniture?
(a) Comfortless
(b) Well maintained
(c) Comfortable
(d) Fragile

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

3. How does the narrator describe the lapse into everyday life in his description upon spying the House of Usher?
(a) Bitter
(b) A lightness
(c) A relief
(d) A drudgery

4. How does the narrator feel when Usher's sister comes through the apartment where Usher and the narrator are?
(a) Tongue-tied
(b) Dread
(c) Spiteful
(d) Admiration

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of people does the narrator say is suggested in Usher's nose?

2. What does the narrator have to ride over to approach near the house?

3. Which work of Swedenborg's does the narrator mention?

4. What emotion does the narrator say is rapidly increasing as he sits aside his horse and surveys the surroundings?

5. What does the narrator doubt when he studies over Usher's countenance?

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