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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. Why does the door to the vault below the narrator's apartments make an unusually sharp, grating sound when it is opened?
(a) It is immensely heavy
(b) It has metal bands that reinforce it and that scrape against the frame
(c) It has swelled and is too tight a fit in the frame
(d) It is poorly oiled

2. What does Usher as the narrator after a few moments of staring into space?
(a) If Usher is mad
(b) If the narrator has seen it
(c) If the narrator will go and fetch the physician
(d) If the narrator wishes to leave upon the morrow

3. What is Usher carrying as he knocks on the narrator's door?
(a) A lantern
(b) A book
(c) A Bible
(d) A sword

4. What does the narrator say overtakes him as he watches Lady Madeline leave?
(a) The desire to save her
(b) Embarrassment
(c) Stupor
(d) The desire to run out of the house

5. From where does Usher think he got his malady?
(a) His last trip to India
(b) A family evil
(c) A bog on the far reaches of the estate
(d) A friend who Usher nursed

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator say Usher's voice changes after Madeline dies?

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

4. How many enduring branches can be found on the Usher family tree?

5. What word does the narrator use to describe the hours he spends with Usher?

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