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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. Of what texture is Usher's hair?
(a) Web-like softness
(b) Coarse
(c) Chopped
(d) Wirily
2. What is one word the author uses to describe the furniture?
(a) Comfortless
(b) Fragile
(c) Well maintained
(d) Comfortable
3. What does Usher believe will happen concerning his illness?
(a) It will soon pass
(b) He will recover but it will be a long time coming
(c) He will die of it
(d) He has no opinion
4. For what does Usher think his sister will upbraid him?
(a) His desire to keep her body from the physician
(b) His weak constitution
(c) His belief in the goodness of God
(d) For being hasty
5. What does the narrator say about the archway that leads into the hall?
(a) There was no archway
(b) It was of Gothic architecture
(c) It had slimy vines hanging from it
(d) It was newly repaired
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Usher think the sounds in the house are?
2. Whose last waltz does the narrator hold a painful memory?
3. What fell down at the feet of the hero?
4. What does the narrator say is inaccessible in the room to which he is shown?
5. What is the "Ververt et Chartreuse"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the narrator on his way to the House of Usher?
2. How does the narrator describe the door into the vault where they lay Madeline's coffin?
3. What is the significance of the small volume titled “Directorium Inquisitorium,” by the Dominican Eymeric de Gironne?
4. What seems to be happening in "real" time as the narrator reads?
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 say about Madeline's appearance when he looked upon her before they sealed the coffin lid?
7. What does the narrator say about African Satyrs and Aepipans?
8. What does the narrator think of Roderick's ostensible reason for delaying Madeline's burial?
9. How does the narrator feel as he approaches the House of Usher?
10. To what does Roderick say part of his mental state can be traced?
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