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

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

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

4. Why does the door to the vault below the narrator's apartments make an unusually sharp, grating sound when it is opened?
(a) It has metal bands that reinforce it and that scrape against the frame
(b) It is poorly oiled
(c) It has swelled and is too tight a fit in the frame
(d) It is immensely heavy

5. How does the narrator describe the night?
(a) Serene
(b) Torpid
(c) Deceptive
(d) Beautiful though stern

6. What color is the light coming through the windows?
(a) Bright blue
(b) Rainbow colored
(c) Crimson
(d) Dark green

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

8. After glancing at Usher, what does the narrator believe about the way in which Usher welcomes him?
(a) It is practiced
(b) It is confusing
(c) It is feigned
(d) It is sincere

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

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

11. What does the narrator say is "stern, deep, and irredeemable"?
(a) The look on the master's face
(b) The condemnation that pervades the air in the room
(c) The look on the faces of the master's uncle
(d) The gloom that pervades the air in the room

12. 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

13. What does the narrator say is the cause of his initial impression and feelings as he approaches the House of Usher?
(a) The knowledge that his best friend has died in that house
(b) A combination of how the entire outside of the house and grounds appeared
(c) A combination of his trepidation about his new job and being recently widowed
(d) The desire to do well in his new employment

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

15. What is one of the Usher's favorite volumes that the narrator and Usher read?
(a) Journey into the Blue Distance
(b) City of the Sun
(c) Subterranean Voyage
(d) Directorium Inquisitorium

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the windows of the House of Usher are like?

2. For what place does the narrator say the atmosphere of the House of Usher has no affinity?

3. What does the narrator say about Usher after they had placed Madeline's coffin in the vault below the narrator's apartments?

4. What happens one night when the narrator goes to bed about eight days after Madeline has died?

5. For what temperament does the narrator say the Usher family is known?

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