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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 does the narrator say is inaccessible in the room to which he is shown?
(a) The paintings of former generations of the Usher family
(b) The books on the upper bookcases
(c) The windows
(d) The high bed

2. What is the narrator unable to see in the room?
(a) The colors of the tapestries
(b) The fact that there was someone else in the room besides his friend
(c) The recesses of the ceiling
(d) The expression on his friend's face

3. How does Usher greet the narrator?
(a) With charmed indifference
(b) With a certain amount of cynicism
(c) With grave formality
(d) With a vivacious warmth

4. What does the hero of Trist believe himself to be?
(a) The defender of the weak
(b) The new guardian of the hermitage
(c) The champion of the brazen shield
(d) The slayer of the serpent

5. What does the narrator think Usher is attempting to find the courage to do after Madeline has been dead for several days?
(a) Tell the narrator a secret
(b) Bury Madeline
(c) Leave his home and travel abroad
(d) Ask the narrator to live there permanently

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the narrator use to describe the hours he spends with Usher?

2. How does the narrator feel about how he is greeted?

3. What is the expression on the face of the person the narrator encounters on the staircase?

4. What does the narrator say overtakes him as he watches Lady Madeline leave?

5. What infects the narrator?

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