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

2. What does the narrator hear through the noises of the storm?
(a) Low and indefinite sounds
(b) Screaming
(c) A trumpet blowing
(d) Horses galloping

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

4. What is the "grim phantasm"?
(a) The night
(b) A ghost who haunts the House of Usher
(c) Fear
(d) Death

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

6. What does Usher do after shading his lamp's light?
(a) Starts sobbing hysterically
(b) Begins reciting poetry
(c) Leans over the lantern and makes a ghastly face
(d) Throws open the casements

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

8. What does Roderick Usher hope will happen through a visit by the narrator?
(a) The narrator will cheer up Usher
(b) The narrator will endeavor to convince Usher's uncle of Usher's competence
(c) The narrator will fall in love with Usher's sister
(d) The narrator will convince the judge of the unjustness of the legal situation

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

10. Whose last waltz does the narrator hold a painful memory?
(a) Mozart
(b) Von Weber
(c) Usher's own
(d) Strauss

11. What is the expression on the face of the person the narrator encounters on the staircase?
(a) Cunning and perplexed
(b) Sad
(c) Welcoming
(d) Exuberant

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

13. The throngs in the song laugh, but what do they not do anymore?
(a) Curtsy
(b) Smile
(c) Dance
(d) Sing

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

15. Who wrote the book that the narrator picks up to soothe Usher?
(a) Wordsworth
(b) Longfellow
(c) Homer
(d) Canning

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator call his "childish experiment"?

2. What does the narrator say is the cause of his initial impression and feelings as he approaches the House of Usher?

3. What does the narrator have to ride over to approach near the house?

4. How does the narrator describe the window panes?

5. What does Usher say about his relationship with his sister?

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