2. What does the narrator say he often finds Usher doing?
(a) Singing a lullaby to Madeline
(b) Cutting his arms
(c) Staring off into space for hours at a time
(d) Talking to Madeline as if she were still alive

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

4. What bewilders the narrator as he listens to Usher speak of his problem?
(a) The way Usher speaks in a combination of French, English and Italian
(b) Why Usher wants the narrator there
(c) Why Usher refuses to see a physician
(d) Some of the symptoms that Usher relates pertaining to his malady

5. What does the narrator believe he hears when he reads about the hero slaying the creature?
(a) Someone else reading the same story in another part of the house
(b) Nothing
(c) A voice saying, You die.
(d) The same sound his imagination conjured in reading the book

6. What is the narrator's response to the sounds?
(a) He decides to leave the next morning
(b) He prays for guidance
(c) He laughs
(d) He gets up and gets dressed

7. What does the narrator note about the mansion's walls?
(a) The walls are pitted by deer shot
(b) Some walls are crumbling and some are not
(c) They have recently been repaired
(d) The walls are covered in pictographs

8. What was the duty of the Echoes in the song?
(a) To sing of the wit and wisdom of their king
(b) To calm the agitated soul
(c) To drive the ruler mad
(d) To remind all of the light

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

10. Why does the narrator think he should read out loud to Usher?
(a) To keep the narrator from dashing outside.
(b) It will have a calming effect
(c) To lighten the narrator's mood
(d) To distract the narrator from the moaning sounds

11. About what does the narrator say Usher had always been excessive and habitual?
(a) Loyalty
(b) Affection
(c) Reserve
(d) Laxness in moral character

12. How long does Usher want to keep Madeline's body before burial?
(a) A fortnight
(b) Only the same night
(c) He wants to have the body lie in state in the church for three days
(d) He wants to burn the body

13. What group of people does the narrator say is suggested in Usher's nose?
(a) Hebrew
(b) Toltec
(c) Scandinavian
(d) Russia

14. What is the title of the verses Usher composes that the narrator pens in the story?
(a) The Miniature Mind
(b) The Thirty Years of Death
(c) The Tin Palace
(d) The Haunted Palace

15. What is one thing the narrator says Roderick Usher writes about to him?
(a) Grievous physical illness
(b) An upcoming marriage
(c) A legal problem
(d) A problem with his inheritance