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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 Usher offer as an example of his belief about plants?
(a) The caterpillar's preference for plants
(b) The fungus on the walls of the house
(c) The wild flowers
(d) The grasses in the meadows

2. What happens to the narrator as he lies in bed the eighth night after Madeline's death?
(a) He prays and sees a light from the heavens
(b) He imagines his mother calling him
(c) He is assaulted by one of the serving lads
(d) A blanket of utter terror falls upon his heart

3. What does Usher do when Madeline passes through the apartment?
(a) Jumps up and hugs her
(b) Cries
(c) Asks her to summon a servant
(d) Asks if she is well

4. How often is it likely that the narrator will see Madeline in the future?
(a) At least at chapel on Wednesdays and Sundays
(b) Probably at the formal dinners every evening
(c) Probably daily as she checks on her brother regularly
(d) Probably never again

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What odors does Usher find oppressive?

3. What happens one night when the narrator goes to bed about eight days after Madeline has died?

4. How does the narrator respond to Usher coming into the narrator's apartment?

5. How does Usher announce Madeline's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. With what is the narrator impressed concerning Roderick?

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

4. Why does the narrator think the house and the family are both called "The House of Usher"?

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

6. Why is the narrator on his way to the House of Usher?

7. What does the narrator say about Roderick's face?

8. How does Roderick explain his desire to delay the burial of Madeline?

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

10. What do the narrator and Roderick do for one last time before placing Madeline's coffin in the vault?

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