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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. How does Usher react to bright light?
(a) His eyes are tortured by it
(b) He likes it for painting
(c) He likes it to play with his crystals
(d) He hates it because he can see himself in the mirror

2. What does the narrator say about the archway that leads into the hall?
(a) It had slimy vines hanging from it
(b) It was newly repaired
(c) There was no archway
(d) It was of Gothic architecture

3. How does the narrator describe the small pond near the house?
(a) Green and tepid
(b) Black and lurid
(c) Clear and cold
(d) Like a mirror

4. How does the narrator describe Usher's ideality?
(a) Lofty
(b) Imaginative
(c) Unintelligible
(d) Base

5. What is one way the narrator said he had been prepared for Usher's present state?
(a) By the doctor, whom the narrator encounters in town before riding to the house of Usher
(b) By gossip among classmates
(c) By Usher's letter to the narrator
(d) By a letter penned by Usher's cousin

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose last waltz does the narrator hold a painful memory?

2. What does the narrator speculate has contributed to the appearance of the premises?

3. What does the narrator do with his horse?

4. What deficiency does the narrator note about the Usher family ancestry?

5. How does the narrator describe the lapse into everyday life in his description upon spying the House of Usher?

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