3. Besides books, what else were scattered about in the room?
(a) Swords and other arms
(b) Musical instruments
(c) Pillows
(d) Papers

4. Why does Usher want to wait a fortnight?
(a) His sister was greatly loved and many people will want to pay their respects
(b) The moon will be full again
(c) Usher is suspicious of the physicians' motives
(d) His cousin will have returned for the funeral

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

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

7. What does the narrator often call Usher?
(a) Eccentric
(b) Sadistic
(c) Misguided
(d) Hypochondriac

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

9. What does the hero of Trist find instead of the hermit?
(a) An eagle
(b) A cat
(c) A dragon
(d) A crow

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

11. What does the narrator say is dangerous to Usher?
(a) The outside air
(b) Standing in the rain
(c) Trying to understand the eerie atmosphere outside
(d) Dwelling too long on Madeline

12. Who leads the narrator through the house?
(a) No one; he goes himself
(b) The cook
(c) The narrator's friend's sister
(d) The valet

13. What color are the tree trunks?
(a) Yellowed
(b) Brown
(c) White
(d) Grey

14. What does the narrator think Usher is attempting to find the courage to do after Madeline has been dead for several days?
(a) Ask the narrator to live there permanently
(b) Tell the narrator a secret
(c) Bury Madeline
(d) Leave his home and travel abroad

15. How often is it likely that the narrator will see Madeline in the future?
(a) Probably at the formal dinners every evening
(b) Probably daily as she checks on her brother regularly
(c) At least at chapel on Wednesdays and Sundays
(d) Probably never again