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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. 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

2. 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 is poorly oiled
(c) It has metal bands that reinforce it and that scrape against the frame
(d) It is immensely heavy

3. What is the setting of the picture the narrator describes?
(a) In the sky
(b) On another planet
(c) In the depths of the earth
(d) On top of a mountain

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

5. What does Usher admit in a lucid moment concerning his gloomy outlook?
(a) It is probably because of his sister's absence for the past several months
(b) It is probably due to the extreme overcast weather of late
(c) It is probably because he has not gone anywhere for a while
(d) It is probably due to his severe and long-standing illness

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the windows of the House of Usher are like?

2. How long does Usher want to keep Madeline's body before burial?

3. After glancing at Usher, what does the narrator believe about the way in which Usher welcomes him?

4. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere of the room?

5. What does the narrator do with his horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of struggle is going on within Roderick?

2. How does the narrator react upon first seeing Roderick?

3. What does the narrator regularly observe Roderick doing after Madeline's death?

4. What does the narrator do in response to his feelings of unease and who joins him?

5. How does the narrator respond to Roderick's increasing instability?

6. Who does the narrator meet on the stairs and what is the narrator's impression of the person?

7. Where does Roderick's genius as a painter lie?

8. What does the narrator do before actually going inside the House of Usher?

9. How does the narrator describe the vault where they lay Madeline's coffin?

10. What does Roderick say drives him to despair?

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