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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. To what does the narrator say Usher seems to be listening?
(a) Music from the drawing room
(b) Imaginary sounds
(c) Usher's own sense of distorted reality
(d) Pleas from the physicians who want Usher to accept sedation

2. What is the narrator later unable to convey about the time he spent with Usher?
(a) The sorrow at failing to cheer his friend
(b) The ways Madeline continually impinged upon their time
(c) The horror at being trapped with a madman
(d) Exactly what the two did during the time

3. What does the narrator doubt when he studies over Usher's countenance?
(a) That it is Usher at whom he is looking
(b) That Usher wants rescuing
(c) That Usher has ever been out of the house since arriving home several years ago
(d) That Usher is among the living

4. What does the narrator say is "cadaverously wan"?
(a) Usher's countenance
(b) The face of the servant that comes in behind Usher
(c) The glow of the lantern
(d) The light outside the window

5. Of what does the narrator say the atmosphere reeks?
(a) Lethargy
(b) Evil
(c) Sadness
(d) Decayed trees and grey walls

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say Usher's voice changes after Madeline dies?

2. What does the narrator describe Usher as seeming to pour forth as if it were "an inherent positive quality"?

3. For what is the light coming through the windows of the room sufficient?

4. What does Usher do after shading his lamp's light?

5. What type of energy does the narrator believe Usher's chin shows?

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