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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 say about the similarity between he and his sister's appearance?
(a) Their parents were first cousins, so family resemblance is strong
(b) They are twins
(c) Their mother's genes were particularly strong in both of them
(d) Their father's genes were particularly strong in both of them

2. In what was much of the vault beneath the narrator's apartments sheathed?
(a) Iron
(b) Copper
(c) Wood
(d) Stone

3. Who first occupies the place the lyrics describe?
(a) Demons
(b) Angels
(c) Beasts of the field
(d) Humans

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

5. What does the hero of Trist believe himself to be?
(a) The slayer of the serpent
(b) The new guardian of the hermitage
(c) The defender of the weak
(d) The champion of the brazen shield

Short Answer Questions

1. What style were Usher's paintings?

2. For what had the vault beneath the narrator's apartments once been used in feudal times?

3. What does the narrator say about Usher after they had placed Madeline's coffin in the vault below the narrator's apartments?

4. What bewilders the narrator as he listens to Usher speak of his problem?

5. Upon what do the clouds press according to the narrator?

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