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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. To what does the narrator say Usher seems to be listening?
(a) Imaginary sounds
(b) Usher's own sense of distorted reality
(c) Music from the drawing room
(d) Pleas from the physicians who want Usher to accept sedation

2. What does the narrator describe as long and improvised
(a) Usher's dirges
(b) Usher's harangues against the gods
(c) The paeans to his ancestral lineage
(d) The fighting songs the two sang together

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

4. For what place does the narrator say the atmosphere of the House of Usher has no affinity?
(a) Eden
(b) Hell
(c) Heaven
(d) Purgatory

5. What group of people does the narrator say is suggested in Usher's nose?
(a) Toltec
(b) Hebrew
(c) Russia
(d) Scandinavian

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator know Usher is not asleep?

2. Upon what do the clouds press according to the narrator?

3. What is the narrator's response to the sounds?

4. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere of the room?

5. What are the trees like that are in the yard?

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