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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 the narrator help Usher carry?
(a) Usher's deerhound's body
(b) Madeline's coffin
(c) Stacks of books to a vault in the basement
(d) All the musical instruments that Usher decides to burn

2. What is the narrator unable to see in the room?
(a) The recesses of the ceiling
(b) The expression on his friend's face
(c) The fact that there was someone else in the room besides his friend
(d) The colors of the tapestries

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

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

5. Between what two poles does Usher's actions alternate?
(a) Childish delight and scorn
(b) Begging and condescension
(c) Kindness and cruelty
(d) Vivaciousness and sullenness

Short Answer Questions

1. What else had prepared the narrator for Usher's appearance?

2. What does the narrator believe he hears when he reads about the hero slaying the creature?

3. What does Roderick Usher hope will happen through a visit by the narrator?

4. What does the narrator say is inaccessible in the room to which he is shown?

5. Of what texture is Usher's hair?

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