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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. In what was much of the vault beneath the narrator's apartments sheathed?
(a) Wood
(b) Copper
(c) Stone
(d) Iron
2. What does the narrator say is the cause of his initial impression and feelings as he approaches the House of Usher?
(a) A combination of how the entire outside of the house and grounds appeared
(b) The desire to do well in his new employment
(c) The knowledge that his best friend has died in that house
(d) A combination of his trepidation about his new job and being recently widowed
3. How does the narrator describe the clouds?
(a) Stacked to the heavens
(b) Dense and low
(c) There were no clouds in sight
(d) Thin and wispy
4. What does the narrator say about Usher's countenance after Madeline dies?
(a) It starts showing a little more color
(b) It is florid
(c) It is more pallid than ever
(d) It is terribly sorrowful
5. What painter does the narrator say paints in too concrete details?
(a) Bosch
(b) Meignaud
(c) Fuseli
(d) Fostre
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the narrator say Usher's voice changes after Madeline dies?
2. How does Usher prefer his food to be?
3. What does Usher do when Madeline passes through the apartment?
4. For what does Usher think his sister will upbraid him?
5. What does the narrator doubt when he studies over Usher's countenance?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator respond to Roderick's increasing instability?
2. What does the narrator say about his friendship with Roderick Usher?
3. How do the men like the book the narrator reads and what surprises the narrator about Roderick's response to the book?
4. What does the narrator observe about Roderick after Madeline's death?
5. What do the narrator and Roderick do for one last time before placing Madeline's coffin in the vault?
6. What does the narrator notice Roderick doing as they hear a clanging sound at the same time the book mentions the same such sound?
7. When does the narrator find he is unable to sleep and upon what does he blame that fact?
8. What is the significance of the small volume titled “Directorium Inquisitorium,” by the Dominican Eymeric de Gironne?
9. How does the narrator describe the door into the vault where they lay Madeline's coffin?
10. How does the narrator react to Roderick's mood after Madeline's death?
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