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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) Coarse
(b) Web-like softness
(c) Wirily
(d) Chopped
2. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere of the room?
(a) Lively
(b) Hopeful
(c) Sorrowful
(d) Quiet
3. Instead of danger, what does Usher abhor?
(a) Being misunderstood
(b) Terror
(c) Being abandoned by all
(d) A placid life
4. What does Usher do after shading his lamp's light?
(a) Starts sobbing hysterically
(b) Throws open the casements
(c) Leans over the lantern and makes a ghastly face
(d) Begins reciting poetry
5. How does the narrator describe the window panes?
(a) As being glazed in thick lead
(b) As being dirty
(c) As being enclosed in splintered wood
(d) As being trellised
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator say about Vigiliæ Mortuorum Secundum Chorum Ecclesiæ Maguntinæ?
2. What is the source of the lighting in the painting the narrator describes?
3. What does Usher do when Madeline passes through the apartment?
4. How often is it likely that the narrator will see Madeline in the future?
5. How long does Usher want to keep Madeline's body before burial?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Roderick explain his desire to delay the burial of Madeline?
2. How does the narrator attempt to calm Roderick?
3. How does the narrator describe the vault where they lay Madeline's coffin?
4. To what does Roderick say part of his mental state can be traced?
5. What announcement does Roderick abruptly make one evening?
6. What does the narrator think of Roderick's ostensible reason for delaying Madeline's burial?
7. How does the narrator describe the door into the vault where they lay Madeline's coffin?
8. What does the narrator notice Roderick doing as they hear a clanging sound at the same time the book mentions the same such sound?
9. What does the narrator say about Roderick's usual habits after Madeline dies?
10. What does the narrator regularly observe Roderick doing after Madeline's death?
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