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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. Upon what do the clouds press according to the narrator?
(a) The turrets of the house
(b) His own fears
(c) The gates of hell
(d) The bog and tarn

2. Who does Usher say is dying?
(a) His sister
(b) His cousin
(c) His brother
(d) His mother

3. What is the "grim phantasm"?
(a) Death
(b) Fear
(c) The night
(d) A ghost who haunts the House of Usher

4. What colors were the banners that floated on the place the lyrics describe?
(a) Red
(b) Blue
(c) Yellow
(d) Black

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Usher say he dreads?

2. What is one way the narrator said he had been prepared for Usher's present state?

3. What does the narrator hear as he paces through his apartment?

4. What does Usher fear about Madeline?

5. Why does Usher want to wait a fortnight?

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