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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. Between what two poles does Usher's actions alternate?
(a) Kindness and cruelty
(b) Vivaciousness and sullenness
(c) Begging and condescension
(d) Childish delight and scorn

2. What does Usher do after shading his lamp's light?
(a) Throws open the casements
(b) Begins reciting poetry
(c) Starts sobbing hysterically
(d) Leans over the lantern and makes a ghastly face

3. What is the impact of Usher's condition on the narrator?
(a) It mystifies the narrator
(b) It saddens the narrator
(c) It terrifies the narrator
(d) It makes the narrator want to remove Usher from the premises

4. What does the narrator hear through the noises of the storm?
(a) Low and indefinite sounds
(b) Horses galloping
(c) Screaming
(d) A trumpet blowing

5. Which work of Swedenborg's does the narrator mention?
(a) Doctrine of Life
(b) Heaven and Hell
(c) The Last Judgment
(d) The White Horse

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Usher announce Madeline's death?

2. What does the narrator say is paradoxical about emotions based upon terror?

3. What subject does not come up between the narrator and Usher during the next several days?

4. What does Usher as the narrator after a few moments of staring into space?

5. What is the creature guarding?

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