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

2. What is the "Ververt et Chartreuse"?
(a) A book ostensibly by Gresset
(b) A painting by Monet
(c) A region in France
(d) A poem by Machiavelli

3. What color are the tree trunks?
(a) White
(b) Yellowed
(c) Brown
(d) Grey

4. What bewilders the narrator as he listens to Usher speak of his problem?
(a) Some of the symptoms that Usher relates pertaining to his malady
(b) The way Usher speaks in a combination of French, English and Italian
(c) Why Usher wants the narrator there
(d) Why Usher refuses to see a physician

5. How does the narrator describe the window panes?
(a) As being glazed in thick lead
(b) As being enclosed in splintered wood
(c) As being trellised
(d) As being dirty

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the small pond near the house?

2. What does the narrator offer to read to Usher?

3. What does the narrator say has occurred nearby?

4. Who first occupies the place the lyrics describe?

5. How long does Usher want to keep Madeline's body before burial?

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