The Fall of the House of Usher Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Fall of the House of Usher Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Usher believe about plants?
(a) They are insidious
(b) They are the only thing one should eat
(c) They have no value
(d) They are sentient

5. What happens one night when the narrator goes to bed about eight days after Madeline has died?
(a) The narrator suffers all night with fits of nervousness
(b) The house shakes as if in an earthquake
(c) Usher moans all night
(d) The doors and windows open and close on their own

6. How does the narrator feel when he gained his first glimpse of the House of Usher?
(a) Anxious
(b) Hopeful
(c) Gloomy
(d) Optimistic

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

8. What does the narrator see when he looks in Usher's eyes?
(a) Hope
(b) Overwhelming grief
(c) A strange calmness
(d) Mad hilarity

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

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

11. Of what does the narrator say the atmosphere reeks?
(a) Evil
(b) Sadness
(c) Lethargy
(d) Decayed trees and grey walls

12. How long does Usher want to keep Madeline's body before burial?
(a) Only the same night
(b) A fortnight
(c) He wants to burn the body
(d) He wants to have the body lie in state in the church for three days

13. What does Usher say about his relationship with his sister?
(a) They were close as young children and then drifted apart
(b) They fought terribly as children but were closer as adults
(c) They have always been extremely close
(d) It is somewhat distant

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

15. What is the narrator unable to see in the room?
(a) The colors of the tapestries
(b) The fact that there was someone else in the room besides his friend
(c) The recesses of the ceiling
(d) The expression on his friend's face

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the window panes?

2. What is the narrator later unable to convey about the time he spent with Usher?

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

4. What does the narrator perceive under the mass of cloud vapors?

5. What does the narrator notice about Madeline when he and Usher are staring at her in the coffin?

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