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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 is the "Ververt et Chartreuse"?
(a) A region in France
(b) A poem by Machiavelli
(c) A painting by Monet
(d) A book ostensibly by Gresset

2. Why does Usher want to wait a fortnight?
(a) The moon will be full again
(b) Usher is suspicious of the physicians' motives
(c) His cousin will have returned for the funeral
(d) His sister was greatly loved and many people will want to pay their respects

3. What does the narrator say the windows of the House of Usher are like?
(a) Ship portals
(b) Mirrors
(c) Dilapidated
(d) Eyes

4. What is the creature guarding?
(a) A book
(b) A palace of gold
(c) Pandora's box
(d) The elixir of youth

5. What does the narrator say has changed in Usher in a short period of time?
(a) Usher's desire to accomplish great things
(b) Usher's financial situation
(c) Usher's feelings of confidence
(d) Usher's appearance

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the narrator through the house?

2. What is the expression on the face of the person the narrator encounters on the staircase?

3. Who does the narrator meet on one of the staircases?

4. For what had the vault beneath the narrator's apartments once been used in feudal times?

5. Who wrote the book that the narrator picks up to soothe Usher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Roderick believe he has done to Madeline?

2. What does Roderick say in reply to the narrator's comment about how Roderick and Madeline resemble each other?

3. What does the narrator say about African Satyrs and Aepipans?

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

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

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

7. How does the narrator describe the door into the vault where they lay Madeline's coffin?

8. How does the narrator help Roderick regarding Roderick's deceased sister?

9. What does the narrator say about the decor of the house?

10. How does the narrator describe Roderick's appearance?

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