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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 two aspects of the Usher family does the narrator say the peasantry links together?
(a) Their name and their behavior
(b) Their madness and generosity
(c) Their intellect and their eccentricities
(d) Their family name and the family mansion

2. How does the narrator say Usher's voice changes after Madeline dies?
(a) It assumes a tremulous quaver
(b) He never speaks above a whisper
(c) It is even more husky than it used to be
(d) It has a lilt to it

3. Upon what does the narrator blame what happens the eighth night after Madeline's death?
(a) The gloomy room furnishings
(b) The lack of Usher's faith
(c) The vision of Madeline as they looked at her in the coffin
(d) Too much wine for dinner

4. What does the narrator say he could not remake into something better?
(a) The prospects of no work
(b) The cast of gloom coming from the House of Usher
(c) The reason he has come to the House of Usher
(d) His idea of his future employment

5. What does the narrator say Usher must not do?
(a) Go back to his room
(b) Go down to his sister's coffin
(c) Look outside
(d) Go outside

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the setting of the picture the narrator describes?

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

4. What does the hero of Trist find instead of the hermit?

5. What is the source of the lighting in the painting the narrator describes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator regularly observe Roderick doing after Madeline's death?

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

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

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

5. According to Roderick, what impact does the sentience of the plants around the House of Usher have on the Usher family?

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

7. How does the narrator find Roderick's mental state?

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

9. What is the only instrument Roderick can tolerate hearing?

10. One is one topic of discussion between the narrator and Roderick that arises from the singing of Roderick's song, "The Haunted Palace"?

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