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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 else had prepared the narrator for Usher's appearance?
(a) By knowing what had happened to Usher's father
(b) Remembering certain things about Usher as a child
(c) Remembering a prophesy by a gypsy woman
(d) A letter penned by Usher's sister

2. Of what does the narrator suggest the MS. he receives gives evidence?
(a) Unnatural calm
(b) Overwhelming sorrow
(c) Delicate intellect
(d) Nervous agitation

3. After glancing at Usher, what does the narrator believe about the way in which Usher welcomes him?
(a) It is sincere
(b) It is practiced
(c) It is confusing
(d) It is feigned

4. What does the narrator say is inaccessible in the room to which he is shown?
(a) The books on the upper bookcases
(b) The paintings of former generations of the Usher family
(c) The high bed
(d) The windows

5. What does Usher think the sounds in the house are?
(a) All his ancestors coming alive
(b) The acting out of the storm's fury
(c) The devil's minions
(d) His sister breaking loose from her coffin

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what do the clouds press according to the narrator?

2. What does the narrator hear as he paces through his apartment?

3. What fell down at the feet of the hero?

4. How does the narrator feel when he gained his first glimpse of the House of Usher?

5. Instead of danger, what does Usher abhor?

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