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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 the narrator respond to Usher coming into the narrator's apartment?
(a) The narrator is glad to know it is not Usher who his moaning
(b) The narrator is unhappy
(c) The narrator orders Usher to leave
(d) The narrator is uncomfortable but also any company is a relief

2. What does the narrator realize the closer he becomes to Usher?
(a) Usher is faking his problems
(b) Usher is not as bad off as the narrator first believes
(c) It is futile to try to cheer Usher
(d) Usher only wants to cause the narrator discomfort

3. What does the narrator say about Vigiliæ Mortuorum Secundum Chorum Ecclesiæ Maguntinæ?
(a) It is Usher's chief delight to read
(b) It was Usher's uncle's guide
(c) It is Madeline's favorite, but Usher abhors it
(d) Usher refuses to read it

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

5. In what were the evil things that assailed the monarch's "high estate" dressed?
(a) Robes of sorrow
(b) Robes of white and gold
(c) They were naked
(d) Robes of crimson death

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. How often is it likely that the narrator will see Madeline in the future?

4. What painter does the narrator say paints in too concrete details?

5. How does the narrator describe the night?

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