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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 else had prepared the narrator for Usher's appearance?
(a) By knowing what had happened to Usher's father
(b) Remembering certain things about Usher as a child
(c) Remembering a prophesy by a gypsy woman
(d) A letter penned by Usher's sister

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

3. What is the source of the lighting in the painting the narrator describes?
(a) The narrator is uncertain of the source
(b) A fire
(c) A comet
(d) The sun

4. What happens to the narrator as he lies in bed the eighth night after Madeline's death?
(a) He prays and sees a light from the heavens
(b) He imagines his mother calling him
(c) He is assaulted by one of the serving lads
(d) A blanket of utter terror falls upon his heart

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Usher's skin described?

2. How does the narrator know Usher is not asleep?

3. What about Lady Madeline had baffled her physicians?

4. What does the narrator say has changed in Usher in a short period of time?

5. What color is the light coming through the windows?

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