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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the lapse into everyday life in his description upon spying the House of Usher?
(a) Bitter
(b) A drudgery
(c) A lightness
(d) A relief

2. How does the narrator respond to Usher coming into the narrator's apartment?
(a) The narrator is uncomfortable but also any company is a relief
(b) The narrator orders Usher to leave
(c) The narrator is unhappy
(d) The narrator is glad to know it is not Usher who his moaning

3. What does the narrator offer to read to Usher?
(a) One of Usher's favorite romances
(b) "The Charge of the Light Brigade."
(c) An epic poem by Homer
(d) The Bible

4. The throngs in the song laugh, but what do they not do anymore?
(a) Smile
(b) Curtsy
(c) Sing
(d) Dance

5. Who is the hero of Trist?
(a) Ethelred
(b) Mandred
(c) Nathan
(d) Trist

6. What does Usher do after shading his lamp's light?
(a) Throws open the casements
(b) Begins reciting poetry
(c) Starts sobbing hysterically
(d) Leans over the lantern and makes a ghastly face

7. From what does the narrator say his feelings about Usher must arise?
(a) A dream
(b) A bit of fancy
(c) His earlier envy of Rodney's great intellect when they were in school together
(d) His lack of knowing Rodney's family

8. What does the narrator hear through the noises of the storm?
(a) Low and indefinite sounds
(b) Screaming
(c) A trumpet blowing
(d) Horses galloping

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

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

11. What does the narrator say has occurred nearby?
(a) A lighting strike on a tree
(b) A fire has started in the tarn
(c) A whirlwind has collected its force
(d) The stable's roof has blown off

12. What does the hero of Trist believe himself to be?
(a) The defender of the weak
(b) The new guardian of the hermitage
(c) The slayer of the serpent
(d) The champion of the brazen shield

13. Of what texture is Usher's hair?
(a) Chopped
(b) Wirily
(c) Web-like softness
(d) Coarse

14. What does Usher hope to gain from the narrator?
(a) An agreement to marry Usher's sister
(b) Forgiveness
(c) Solace
(d) Money

15. What does Usher say he dreads?
(a) His sister suffering because of him
(b) The past being uncovered
(c) Losing his mind
(d) Events in the future

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is the principal feature of the Usher mansion upon closer inspection?

2. What is the "Ververt et Chartreuse"?

3. What does Usher do when Madeline passes through the apartment?

4. For what place does the narrator say the atmosphere of the House of Usher has no affinity?

5. Why does the door to the vault below the narrator's apartments make an unusually sharp, grating sound when it is opened?

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