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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. Who does the narrator meet on one of the staircases?
(a) The family physician
(b) The master of the house
(c) A young boy
(d) Another good friend who went to school with the narrator and Usher

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

3. What does the narrator say he could not remake into something better?
(a) The cast of gloom coming from the House of Usher
(b) The reason he has come to the House of Usher
(c) His idea of his future employment
(d) The prospects of no work

4. What does Usher say he dreads?
(a) His sister suffering because of him
(b) Events in the future
(c) The past being uncovered
(d) Losing his mind

5. What had Usher done as the narrator is reading to him?
(a) Scratched his own face
(b) Put his head in his hands
(c) Wrapped himself in the sheet from the bed
(d) Turned Usher's chair to face the door of the chamber

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Usher prefer his food to be?

2. What does the narrator say overtakes him as he watches Lady Madeline leave?

3. How does Usher announce Madeline's death?

4. What color does the narrator say are the floors in the house of Usher?

5. What does the narrator say he often finds Usher doing?

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