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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 word does the narrator use to describe the tapestries?
(a) Somber
(b) Intricately woven
(c) Threadbare
(d) Richly colored

2. What happens to the physical structure of the House of Usher?
(a) It sinks into the tarn
(b) It burns down
(c) It is hurled into the heavens
(d) It is left to rot

3. What painter does the narrator say paints in too concrete details?
(a) Fuseli
(b) Bosch
(c) Meignaud
(d) Fostre

4. How does the narrator describe the clouds?
(a) There were no clouds in sight
(b) Dense and low
(c) Stacked to the heavens
(d) Thin and wispy

5. What happens to the narrator as he lies in bed the eighth night after Madeline's death?
(a) A blanket of utter terror falls upon his heart
(b) He prays and sees a light from the heavens
(c) He is assaulted by one of the serving lads
(d) He imagines his mother calling him

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like that night?

2. What style were Usher's paintings?

3. Who leads the narrator through the house?

4. Who does Usher say is dying?

5. What does the narrator say has occurred nearby?

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