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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 style were Usher's paintings?
(a) Abstractions
(b) Realistic
(c) Naturalistic
(d) Religious motifs
2. What does the narrator say about Usher after they had placed Madeline's coffin in the vault below the narrator's apartments?
(a) Usher burned all his paintings of Madeline
(b) Usher seemed more at peace
(c) Usher actually smiled a few times
(d) Usher did very little but wander from room to room
3. What does Usher do after shading his lamp's light?
(a) Throws open the casements
(b) Starts sobbing hysterically
(c) Begins reciting poetry
(d) Leans over the lantern and makes a ghastly face
4. What does the narrator say he could not remake into something better?
(a) His idea of his future employment
(b) The cast of gloom coming from the House of Usher
(c) The prospects of no work
(d) The reason he has come to the House of Usher
5. What is the narrator's response to the sounds?
(a) He decides to leave the next morning
(b) He gets up and gets dressed
(c) He laughs
(d) He prays for guidance
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the narrator describe the small pond near the house?
2. What does Usher try to overcome in the presence of the narrator according to the narrator?
3. What does the narrator help Usher carry?
4. What color are the tree trunks?
5. What sort of activities do Usher and the narrator do together over the next few days?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the narrator unable to shake off his feelings of uneasiness the night of the storm?
2. How does the narrator find Roderick in the house?
3. What does the narrator do before actually going inside the House of Usher?
4. How does the narrator find Roderick's mental state?
5. What does the narrator attempt to do for several days, and then what does he conclude about his attempts?
6. How does the narrator feel as he approaches the House of Usher?
7. What changes about Roderick's voice in the days following Madeline's death?
8. How does the narrator describe the vault where Madeline's coffin is temporarily laid to rest?
9. What does the narrator think of Roderick's ostensible reason for delaying Madeline's burial?
10. How does the narrator react to Roderick's mood after Madeline's death?
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