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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. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere of the room?
(a) Hopeful
(b) Sorrowful
(c) Lively
(d) Quiet

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

3. What does the narrator say about Usher's countenance after Madeline dies?
(a) It starts showing a little more color
(b) It is terribly sorrowful
(c) It is more pallid than ever
(d) It is florid

4. What does the narrator see when he looks in Usher's eyes?
(a) Overwhelming grief
(b) Mad hilarity
(c) Hope
(d) A strange calmness

5. What painter does the narrator say paints in too concrete details?
(a) Fuseli
(b) Meignaud
(c) Fostre
(d) Bosch

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Usher believe about plants?

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

3. What does Usher hope to gain from the narrator?

4. What does the narrator doubt when he studies over Usher's countenance?

5. What happens one night when the narrator goes to bed about eight days after Madeline has died?

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