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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 about the facade of the mansion seems contradictory?
(a) The bright colors of the soffit compared to the grey of the stone
(b) The fact that so many individual stones are crumbling but the mansion is still quite intact
(c) The care taken with the cornices compared to the haphazard placing of the windows
(d) The fact that the grounds are so well kept compared to the facade of the mansion

2. What is one thing the narrator says Roderick Usher writes about to him?
(a) An upcoming marriage
(b) A legal problem
(c) A problem with his inheritance
(d) Grievous physical illness

3. What does Lady Madeline do the same evening as the arrival of the narrator?
(a) Leave to go visit a cousin
(b) Take to her bed and not get up
(c) Go out for a ride and not return
(d) Paint a dark, bleak picture of the house of Usher

4. Into whose dwelling is the hero of Trist trying to enter?
(a) The queen
(b) The prince
(c) The hermit
(d) The monk

5. What color does the narrator say are the floors in the house of Usher?
(a) Ebony
(b) Light oak
(c) Red carpet
(d) White terrazzo

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Usher's demeanor?

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

3. What spreads over the entire exterior of the mansion?

4. What does Usher say about his relationship with his sister?

5. What color are the tree trunks?

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