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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 does the narrator believe is odd about Usher's hair?
(a) That it is no longer the same color as it was when he and Usher were in school
(b) That it is now the color of Usher's sister's hair
(c) That it is now thin and curly when before it had been thick and straight
(d) That it floats around Usher's face rather than lying on the head

2. What is the narrator later unable to convey about the time he spent with Usher?
(a) Exactly what the two did during the time
(b) The sorrow at failing to cheer his friend
(c) The horror at being trapped with a madman
(d) The ways Madeline continually impinged upon their time

3. Besides books, what else were scattered about in the room?
(a) Papers
(b) Swords and other arms
(c) Musical instruments
(d) Pillows

4. What color is the light coming through the windows?
(a) Rainbow colored
(b) Dark green
(c) Crimson
(d) Bright blue

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator know Usher is not asleep?

2. What is the narrator's response to the sounds?

3. What fell down at the feet of the hero?

4. Which work of Swedenborg's does the narrator mention?

5. How does the narrator feel when Usher's sister comes through the apartment where Usher and the narrator are?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Roderick explain his invitation to a visit by the narrator?

2. To what does Roderick say part of his mental state can be traced?

3. How does the narrator find Roderick in the house?

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

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

6. What does the narrator do in response to his feelings of unease and who joins him?

7. What does Roderick seem to vacillate between?

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

9. What does the narrator say about Roderick's usual habits after Madeline dies?

10. What does the narrator say about his friendship with Roderick Usher?

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