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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 Usher fear about Madeline?
(a) That she was still alive when put in her coffin
(b) That she was terrified at the moment of her death
(c) That she hated Usher
(d) That she was attacked by demons

2. What does the narrator do with his horse?
(a) Ties it to a post
(b) Turns it loose in the pasture
(c) Unsaddles and grooms it and leaves it in a stall
(d) Hands it over to a servant

3. How does the narrator describe the night?
(a) Torpid
(b) Beautiful though stern
(c) Deceptive
(d) Serene

4. What does the narrator have to ride over to approach near the house?
(a) A short causeway
(b) A wooden bridge of several haphazard planks
(c) A shallow stream
(d) A covered bridge wide enough for three carriages to ride abreast

5. What superstitious impression chains Usher?
(a) The belief that a demon lives in the cellar
(b) The belief the garden is full of evil sprites
(c) The belief that Usher's grandfather controls Usher's life from the other side
(d) The belief that the house of Usher had itself caused Usher's malady

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Usher hope to gain from the narrator?

2. What are the trees like that are in the yard?

3. What is the title of the verses Usher composes that the narrator pens in the story?

4. What does Usher say about the similarity between he and his sister's appearance?

5. Who first occupies the place the lyrics describe?

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