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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 he often finds Usher doing?
(a) Staring off into space for hours at a time
(b) Cutting his arms
(c) Talking to Madeline as if she were still alive
(d) Singing a lullaby to Madeline

2. What does the narrator say Roderick Usher painted?
(a) Landscapes
(b) Ideas
(c) Still life
(d) Animals

3. How does the narrator explain what the two men witnessed when looking out the window?
(a) Satan's hand of evil
(b) The end of all hope
(c) God's vengeance
(d) Electrical phenomena

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

5. What does the narrator believe is odd about Usher's hair?
(a) That it is now the color of Usher's sister's hair
(b) That it is now thin and curly when before it had been thick and straight
(c) That it is no longer the same color as it was when he and Usher were in school
(d) That it floats around Usher's face rather than lying on the head

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the ruler in the early part of the song the narrator records?

3. What else had prepared the narrator for Usher's appearance?

4. What music does Usher prefer?

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

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