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

2. What does Usher do after shading his lamp's light?
(a) Starts sobbing hysterically
(b) Begins reciting poetry
(c) Leans over the lantern and makes a ghastly face
(d) Throws open the casements

3. What two aspects of the Usher family does the narrator say the peasantry links together?
(a) Their name and their behavior
(b) Their intellect and their eccentricities
(c) Their family name and the family mansion
(d) Their madness and generosity

4. What does the narrator believe is odd about Usher's hair?
(a) That it is no longer the same color as it was when he and Usher were in school
(b) That it floats around Usher's face rather than lying on the head
(c) That it is now thin and curly when before it had been thick and straight
(d) That it is now the color of Usher's sister's hair

5. What is the narrator later unable to convey about the time he spent with Usher?
(a) The horror at being trapped with a madman
(b) The sorrow at failing to cheer his friend
(c) The ways Madeline continually impinged upon their time
(d) Exactly what the two did during the time

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a feature of one "phantasmagoric" picture that Usher painted and the narrator describes?

2. What is the "grim phantasm"?

3. What had Usher done as the narrator is reading to him?

4. What does the narrator note about the mansion's walls?

5. What does the narrator help Usher carry?

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