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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 say is the cause of his initial impression and feelings as he approaches the House of Usher?
(a) The knowledge that his best friend has died in that house
(b) A combination of his trepidation about his new job and being recently widowed
(c) A combination of how the entire outside of the house and grounds appeared
(d) The desire to do well in his new employment

2. 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 that a demon lives in the cellar
(d) The belief the garden is full of evil sprites

3. How does the narrator describe the night?
(a) Torpid
(b) Deceptive
(c) Serene
(d) Beautiful though stern

4. What had Usher done as the narrator is reading to him?
(a) Wrapped himself in the sheet from the bed
(b) Scratched his own face
(c) Put his head in his hands
(d) Turned Usher's chair to face the door of the chamber

5. What does the narrator perceive under the mass of cloud vapors?
(a) Faces of demons
(b) A rainbow
(c) Flying objects
(d) An unnatural glow

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does the narrator say the atmosphere reeks?

2. What is the expression on the face of the person the narrator encounters on the staircase?

3. Into whose dwelling is the hero of Trist trying to enter?

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

5. How does the narrator explain what the two men witnessed when looking out the window?

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