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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. The throngs in the song laugh, but what do they not do anymore?
(a) Sing
(b) Dance
(c) Curtsy
(d) Smile

2. What does the narrator say Usher must not do?
(a) Go down to his sister's coffin
(b) Go back to his room
(c) Go outside
(d) Look outside

3. Whose last waltz does the narrator hold a painful memory?
(a) Mozart
(b) Strauss
(c) Von Weber
(d) Usher's own

4. What does the narrator say is the principal feature of the Usher mansion upon closer inspection?
(a) Ornate gables
(b) Ostentatious detail
(c) Excessive antiquity
(d) Pretension

5. Who first occupies the place the lyrics describe?
(a) Beasts of the field
(b) Angels
(c) Demons
(d) Humans

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides books, what else were scattered about in the room?

2. How is Usher's skin described?

3. What does Lady Madeline do the same evening as the arrival of the narrator?

4. Into whose dwelling is the hero of Trist trying to enter?

5. What does the narrator say about Vigiliæ Mortuorum Secundum Chorum Ecclesiæ Maguntinæ?

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