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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 infects the narrator?
(a) A cut the narrator receives in the bog
(b) Usher's excitement at being free to leave the estate
(c) Usher's condition
(d) Usher's joy that his sister is free

2. For what place does the narrator say the atmosphere of the House of Usher has no affinity?
(a) Hell
(b) Heaven
(c) Eden
(d) Purgatory

3. What does the narrator doubt when he studies over Usher's countenance?
(a) That Usher wants rescuing
(b) That Usher has ever been out of the house since arriving home several years ago
(c) That Usher is among the living
(d) That it is Usher at whom he is looking

4. What color are the tree trunks?
(a) Grey
(b) White
(c) Yellowed
(d) Brown

5. What sort of activities do Usher and the narrator do together over the next few days?
(a) Wild boar hunting
(b) Painting and reading
(c) Fencing and fox hunting
(d) Playing the harpsichord and singing

Short Answer Questions

1. What deficiency does the narrator note about the Usher family ancestry?

2. Where is the ruler in the early part of the song the narrator records?

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

4. What does Usher try to overcome in the presence of the narrator according to the narrator?

5. How many enduring branches can be found on the Usher family tree?

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