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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 about the archway that leads into the hall?
(a) It had slimy vines hanging from it
(b) It was of Gothic architecture
(c) There was no archway
(d) It was newly repaired

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

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

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

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

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

7. What superstitious impression chains Usher?
(a) The belief that the house of Usher had itself caused Usher's malady
(b) The belief the garden is full of evil sprites
(c) The belief that Usher's grandfather controls Usher's life from the other side
(d) The belief that a demon lives in the cellar

8. Into whose dwelling is the hero of Trist trying to enter?
(a) The hermit
(b) The queen
(c) The monk
(d) The prince

9. What does the narrator do with his horse?
(a) Ties it to a post
(b) Hands it over to a servant
(c) Unsaddles and grooms it and leaves it in a stall
(d) Turns it loose in the pasture

10. What are the trees like that are in the yard?
(a) Newly-planted
(b) Decaying
(c) Blooming
(d) Heavily leafed

11. What does the narrator say about Vigiliæ Mortuorum Secundum Chorum Ecclesiæ Maguntinæ?
(a) It is Madeline's favorite, but Usher abhors it
(b) It is Usher's chief delight to read
(c) It was Usher's uncle's guide
(d) Usher refuses to read it

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

13. How does Usher prefer his food to be?
(a) Very mild
(b) Very spicy since he has little ability to taste
(c) Cool almost to the point of being cold
(d) Boiling hot

14. What happens to the trophies of armor when the narrator walks past them?
(a) They rattle
(b) Nothing
(c) They light up
(d) They bow

15. What does the narrator say is the principal feature of the Usher mansion upon closer inspection?
(a) Ostentatious detail
(b) Ornate gables
(c) Excessive antiquity
(d) Pretension

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roderick Usher hope will happen through a visit by the narrator?

2. How does the narrator describe Usher's ideality?

3. In what were the evil things that assailed the monarch's "high estate" dressed?

4. What does Usher think the sounds in the house are?

5. What does the narrator note about the mansion's walls?

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