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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 happens to the trophies of armor when the narrator walks past them?
(a) Nothing
(b) They rattle
(c) They light up
(d) They bow
2. What does Roderick Usher hope will happen through a visit by the narrator?
(a) The narrator will endeavor to convince Usher's uncle of Usher's competence
(b) The narrator will fall in love with Usher's sister
(c) The narrator will cheer up Usher
(d) The narrator will convince the judge of the unjustness of the legal situation
3. For what is the light coming through the windows of the room sufficient?
(a) To observe the gaunt frame of the master of the house
(b) To distinguish many of the objects in the room
(c) To read or sew by
(d) To avoid tripping over the furniture
4. About what does the narrator say Usher had always been excessive and habitual?
(a) Affection
(b) Laxness in moral character
(c) Loyalty
(d) Reserve
5. After glancing at Usher, what does the narrator believe about the way in which Usher welcomes him?
(a) It is feigned
(b) It is sincere
(c) It is practiced
(d) It is confusing
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Usher prefer his food to be?
2. What does Usher offer as an example of his belief about plants?
3. How does the narrator describe the small pond near the house?
4. Besides books, what else were scattered about in the room?
5. How does the narrator know Usher is not asleep?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is the narrator on his way to the House of Usher?
2. What type of struggle is going on within Roderick?
3. What does the narrator notice Roderick doing as they hear a clanging sound at the same time the book mentions the same such sound?
4. How does the narrator help Roderick regarding Roderick's deceased sister?
5. What changes about Roderick's voice in the days following Madeline's death?
6. What does Roderick say drives him to despair?
7. What is Roderick's response to Madeline falling upon him?
8. How does the narrator react to Roderick's mood after Madeline's death?
9. How does the narrator attempt to calm Roderick?
10. How do the men like the book the narrator reads and what surprises the narrator about Roderick's response to the book?
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