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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say may have originated in the tarn?
(a) The sounds of moaning
(b) The screeching sounds
(c) The electrical phenomena
(d) The feeling of peace pervading the scene

2. How does the narrator feel when Usher's sister comes through the apartment where Usher and the narrator are?
(a) Admiration
(b) Dread
(c) Tongue-tied
(d) Spiteful

3. What does the narrator say overtakes him as he watches Lady Madeline leave?
(a) Stupor
(b) The desire to run out of the house
(c) The desire to save her
(d) Embarrassment

4. What does Usher do when Madeline passes through the apartment?
(a) Jumps up and hugs her
(b) Cries
(c) Asks if she is well
(d) Asks her to summon a servant

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

6. What deficiency does the narrator note about the Usher family ancestry?
(a) It had included persons of dubious character
(b) That the entire family lay in the direct line of descent
(c) That it had a number of issues that were never discussed
(d) That it was speckled with other races

7. What does the narrator say the windows of the House of Usher are like?
(a) Eyes
(b) Ship portals
(c) Mirrors
(d) Dilapidated

8. Who first occupies the place the lyrics describe?
(a) Angels
(b) Demons
(c) Humans
(d) Beasts of the field

9. Instead of danger, what does Usher abhor?
(a) Being misunderstood
(b) A placid life
(c) Terror
(d) Being abandoned by all

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

11. Which work of Swedenborg's does the narrator mention?
(a) Doctrine of Life
(b) The Last Judgment
(c) The White Horse
(d) Heaven and Hell

12. What does Usher try to overcome in the presence of the narrator according to the narrator?
(a) The sorrow Usher felt when the narrator's sister rejected his marriage proposal
(b) The resentment Usher had always held toward the narrator for the narrator's superior mind
(c) Usher's nervous agitation
(d) The rancor the two men felt when they last parted

13. How does the narrator know Usher is not asleep?
(a) Usher's eyes are wide open
(b) Usher is mumbling to himself
(c) Usher is pacing even though his eyes are closed
(d) Usher is humming

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

15. What does the narrator realize the closer he becomes to Usher?
(a) It is futile to try to cheer Usher
(b) Usher only wants to cause the narrator discomfort
(c) Usher is faking his problems
(d) Usher is not as bad off as the narrator first believes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hero of Trist find instead of the hermit?

2. What is the expression on the face of the person the narrator encounters on the staircase?

3. What does the narrator say about Usher's countenance after Madeline dies?

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

5. What is the narrator unable to see in the room?

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