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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 clouds?
(a) Stacked to the heavens
(b) Dense and low
(c) There were no clouds in sight
(d) Thin and wispy

2. What color does the narrator say are the floors in the house of Usher?
(a) Light oak
(b) Ebony
(c) Red carpet
(d) White terrazzo

3. What does the narrator say he could not remake into something better?
(a) The reason he has come to the House of Usher
(b) The cast of gloom coming from the House of Usher
(c) The prospects of no work
(d) His idea of his future employment

4. What happens one night when the narrator goes to bed about eight days after Madeline has died?
(a) The narrator suffers all night with fits of nervousness
(b) The house shakes as if in an earthquake
(c) Usher moans all night
(d) The doors and windows open and close on their own

5. What does the narrator say Usher must not do?
(a) Go back to his room
(b) Look outside
(c) Go outside
(d) Go down to his sister's coffin

6. What is the "grim phantasm"?
(a) Death
(b) Fear
(c) A ghost who haunts the House of Usher
(d) The night

7. What about the facade of the mansion seems contradictory?
(a) The fact that so many individual stones are crumbling but the mansion is still quite intact
(b) The care taken with the cornices compared to the haphazard placing of the windows
(c) The bright colors of the soffit compared to the grey of the stone
(d) The fact that the grounds are so well kept compared to the facade of the mansion

8. From where does Usher think he got his malady?
(a) A bog on the far reaches of the estate
(b) A family evil
(c) His last trip to India
(d) A friend who Usher nursed

9. How does Usher react to bright light?
(a) He hates it because he can see himself in the mirror
(b) His eyes are tortured by it
(c) He likes it for painting
(d) He likes it to play with his crystals

10. What does the narrator speculate has contributed to the appearance of the premises?
(a) The lack of strong conviction
(b) The peculiarity of the family ancestry history
(c) The lack of priority to appearances
(d) The difficulty of finding a gardener to work in such isolation

11. What does Usher offer as an example of his belief about plants?
(a) The grasses in the meadows
(b) The wild flowers
(c) The fungus on the walls of the house
(d) The caterpillar's preference for plants

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

13. Between what two poles does Usher's actions alternate?
(a) Vivaciousness and sullenness
(b) Kindness and cruelty
(c) Begging and condescension
(d) Childish delight and scorn

14. 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 is glad to know it is not Usher who his moaning
(c) The narrator orders Usher to leave
(d) The narrator is unhappy

15. How is Usher's skin described?
(a) A ghastly pallor
(b) Ruddy
(c) An upper-class paleness
(d) Flushed

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Usher say about his relationship with his sister?

2. What infects the narrator?

3. What does the narrator say has changed in Usher in a short period of time?

4. Instead of danger, what does Usher abhor?

5. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere of the room?

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