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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 is one thing the narrator say Usher suffers from intensely?
(a) Wrongful beliefs
(b) A childlike and dangerous belief in the unseen
(c) Poor nutrition
(d) A morbid acuteness of the senses

2. What happens to the physical structure of the House of Usher?
(a) It is left to rot
(b) It sinks into the tarn
(c) It burns down
(d) It is hurled into the heavens

3. What is the creature guarding?
(a) Pandora's box
(b) A book
(c) A palace of gold
(d) The elixir of youth

4. What does Usher believe will happen concerning his illness?
(a) He will recover but it will be a long time coming
(b) He has no opinion
(c) He will die of it
(d) It will soon pass

5. How does the narrator describe the window panes?
(a) As being dirty
(b) As being enclosed in splintered wood
(c) As being trellised
(d) As being glazed in thick lead

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the narrator use to describe the tapestries?

2. What is the narrator's response to the sounds?

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

4. What happens to the narrator as he lies in bed the eighth night after Madeline's death?

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

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