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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 say about Vigiliæ Mortuorum Secundum Chorum Ecclesiæ Maguntinæ?
(a) It is Usher's chief delight to read
(b) It is Madeline's favorite, but Usher abhors it
(c) Usher refuses to read it
(d) It was Usher's uncle's guide

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

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

4. How does the hero finally get into the dwelling?
(a) By force
(b) Magic
(c) Coaxing
(d) He doesn't get in

5. How is Usher's skin described?
(a) A ghastly pallor
(b) An upper-class paleness
(c) Flushed
(d) Ruddy

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the House of Usher?

2. For what temperament does the narrator say the Usher family is known?

3. What does the narrator say overtakes him as he watches Lady Madeline leave?

4. What is one word the narrator uses to describe the book he picks up to read?

5. From what does the narrator say his feelings about Usher must arise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one picture Roderick painted that the narrator describes and says it is not as abstract as the others?

2. What had Roderick written to the narrator to get the narrator to come visit?

3. What is the significance of the small volume titled “Directorium Inquisitorium,” by the Dominican Eymeric de Gironne?

4. What does the narrator attempt to do for several days, and then what does he conclude about his attempts?

5. How does the narrator feel as he approaches the House of Usher?

6. To what does the narrator attribute the changes in Roderick?

7. What changes about Roderick's voice in the days following Madeline's death?

8. Who is at the door when it flies open and what does the person do?

9. What seems to be happening in "real" time as the narrator reads?

10. What is Roderick's response to Madeline falling upon him?

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