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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what does the narrator say his feelings about Usher must arise?
(a) A bit of fancy
(b) His lack of knowing Rodney's family
(c) His earlier envy of Rodney's great intellect when they were in school together
(d) A dream

2. What does the narrator doubt when he studies over Usher's countenance?
(a) That Usher has ever been out of the house since arriving home several years ago
(b) That it is Usher at whom he is looking
(c) That Usher wants rescuing
(d) That Usher is among the living

3. How does the hero finally get into the dwelling?
(a) By force
(b) Coaxing
(c) He doesn't get in
(d) Magic

4. What does the narrator speculate has contributed to the appearance of the premises?
(a) The peculiarity of the family ancestry history
(b) The lack of strong conviction
(c) The lack of priority to appearances
(d) The difficulty of finding a gardener to work in such isolation

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

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

7. How does the narrator describe the window panes?
(a) As being glazed in thick lead
(b) As being enclosed in splintered wood
(c) As being trellised
(d) As being dirty

8. What about Lady Madeline had baffled her physicians?
(a) Why she has refused to leave her brother
(b) What is wrong with her health
(c) Why she refuses medicine that would cure her
(d) Her apparent robust health in face of what her brother is suffering

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

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

11. What word does the narrator use to describe the tapestries?
(a) Threadbare
(b) Richly colored
(c) Intricately woven
(d) Somber

12. What does the narrator say is "cadaverously wan"?
(a) The face of the servant that comes in behind Usher
(b) The light outside the window
(c) The glow of the lantern
(d) Usher's countenance

13. What does Usher believe will happen concerning his illness?
(a) He will recover but it will be a long time coming
(b) He has no opinion
(c) It will soon pass
(d) He will die of it

14. 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 swelled and is too tight a fit in the frame
(b) It has metal bands that reinforce it and that scrape against the frame
(c) It is immensely heavy
(d) It is poorly oiled

15. Between what two poles does Usher's actions alternate?
(a) Vivaciousness and sullenness
(b) Childish delight and scorn
(c) Kindness and cruelty
(d) Begging and condescension

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say is "stern, deep, and irredeemable"?

2. What spreads over the entire exterior of the mansion?

3. What else had prepared the narrator for Usher's appearance?

4. What fell down at the feet of the hero?

5. From where does Usher think he got his malady?

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