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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. For what is the light coming through the windows of the room sufficient?
(a) To observe the gaunt frame of the master of the house
(b) To avoid tripping over the furniture
(c) To read or sew by
(d) To distinguish many of the objects in the room

2. What is the weather like that night?
(a) A full moon and no stars
(b) A steady drizzle with no wind
(c) Mild and clear
(d) Tempestuous

3. How does the narrator describe the lapse into everyday life in his description upon spying the House of Usher?
(a) A relief
(b) A lightness
(c) Bitter
(d) A drudgery

4. What does the narrator note about the mansion's walls?
(a) The walls are covered in pictographs
(b) The walls are pitted by deer shot
(c) Some walls are crumbling and some are not
(d) They have recently been repaired

5. Of what does the narrator suggest the MS. he receives gives evidence?
(a) Unnatural calm
(b) Overwhelming sorrow
(c) Delicate intellect
(d) Nervous agitation

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hero of Trist find instead of the hermit?

2. What does Usher believe about plants?

3. What is one of the Usher's favorite volumes that the narrator and Usher read?

4. Upon what does the narrator blame what happens the eighth night after Madeline's death?

5. How does the hero finally get into the dwelling?

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