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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 note about the mansion's walls?
(a) The walls are pitted by deer shot
(b) Some walls are crumbling and some are not
(c) The walls are covered in pictographs
(d) They have recently been repaired

2. Who wrote the book that the narrator picks up to soothe Usher?
(a) Homer
(b) Longfellow
(c) Canning
(d) Wordsworth

3. For what does Usher think his sister will upbraid him?
(a) His desire to keep her body from the physician
(b) For being hasty
(c) His belief in the goodness of God
(d) His weak constitution

4. Which work of Swedenborg's does the narrator mention?
(a) Doctrine of Life
(b) The Last Judgment
(c) Heaven and Hell
(d) The White Horse

5. Who does Usher say is dying?
(a) His sister
(b) His cousin
(c) His mother
(d) His brother

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about the archway that leads into the hall?

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

3. After glancing at Usher, what does the narrator believe about the way in which Usher welcomes him?

4. For what is the light coming through the windows of the room sufficient?

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

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