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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does the narrator describe Usher's ideality?
(a) Base
(b) Lofty
(c) Imaginative
(d) Unintelligible
2. How does the narrator feel when Usher's sister comes through the apartment where Usher and the narrator are?
(a) Tongue-tied
(b) Spiteful
(c) Dread
(d) Admiration
3. Who first occupies the place the lyrics describe?
(a) Beasts of the field
(b) Demons
(c) Humans
(d) Angels
4. What deficiency does the narrator note about the Usher family ancestry?
(a) That the entire family lay in the direct line of descent
(b) It had included persons of dubious character
(c) That it had a number of issues that were never discussed
(d) That it was speckled with other races
5. What superstitious impression chains Usher?
(a) The belief that the house of Usher had itself caused Usher's malady
(b) The belief that a demon lives in the cellar
(c) The belief the garden is full of evil sprites
(d) The belief that Usher's grandfather controls Usher's life from the other side
Short Answer Questions
1. The throngs in the song laugh, but what do they not do anymore?
2. How does the narrator know Usher is not asleep?
3. What is the creature guarding?
4. What two aspects of the Usher family does the narrator say the peasantry links together?
5. What happens to the physical structure of the House of Usher?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the only instrument Roderick can tolerate hearing?
2. To what does Roderick say part of his mental state can be traced?
3. How does the narrator respond to Roderick's increasing instability?
4. How does the narrator describe the vault where Madeline's coffin is temporarily laid to rest?
5. What does the narrator say about Roderick's usual habits after Madeline dies?
6. What announcement does Roderick abruptly make one evening?
7. What seems to be happening in "real" time as the narrator reads?
8. How does Roderick explain his desire to delay the burial of Madeline?
9. How does Roderick explain his invitation to a visit by the narrator?
10. According to Roderick, what impact does the sentience of the plants around the House of Usher have on the Usher family?
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