3. What does the narrator hear as he paces through his apartment?
(a) A creaking door
(b) A light step
(c) The sound of chains dragging
(d) Labored breathing

4. What is the narrator doing at the opening of the story?
(a) Fighting in a duel
(b) Writing a letter to his son
(c) Plowing
(d) Riding on horseback

5. In what were the evil things that assailed the monarch's "high estate" dressed?
(a) Robes of white and gold
(b) Robes of sorrow
(c) Robes of crimson death
(d) They were naked

6. How does the narrator describe Usher's overall countenance?
(a) As unmemorable
(b) As not easily forgotton
(c) As commonplace
(d) As noble

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

8. What is the setting of the picture the narrator describes?
(a) On another planet
(b) On top of a mountain
(c) In the depths of the earth
(d) In the sky

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

10. What is the "Ververt et Chartreuse"?
(a) A poem by Machiavelli
(b) A painting by Monet
(c) A book ostensibly by Gresset
(d) A region in France

11. How does the narrator say Usher's voice changes after Madeline dies?
(a) It has a lilt to it
(b) It is even more husky than it used to be
(c) It assumes a tremulous quaver
(d) He never speaks above a whisper

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

13. In what was much of the vault beneath the narrator's apartments sheathed?
(a) Copper
(b) Iron
(c) Wood
(d) Stone

14. What does the narrator see when he looks in Usher's eyes?
(a) Overwhelming grief
(b) Hope
(c) Mad hilarity
(d) A strange calmness

15. How does Usher greet the narrator?
(a) With a vivacious warmth
(b) With a certain amount of cynicism
(c) With charmed indifference
(d) With grave formality