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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 offer to read to Usher?
(a) "The Charge of the Light Brigade."
(b) One of Usher's favorite romances
(c) The Bible
(d) An epic poem by Homer

2. How does the narrator feel about how he is greeted?
(a) It is foreboding
(b) It is as if Usher is playing a game
(c) It is sad
(d) It is overdone

3. What is the weather like that night?
(a) Tempestuous
(b) Mild and clear
(c) A steady drizzle with no wind
(d) A full moon and no stars

4. What sort of activities do Usher and the narrator do together over the next few days?
(a) Fencing and fox hunting
(b) Wild boar hunting
(c) Playing the harpsichord and singing
(d) Painting and reading

5. What is the title of the verses Usher composes that the narrator pens in the story?
(a) The Tin Palace
(b) The Miniature Mind
(c) The Thirty Years of Death
(d) The Haunted Palace

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the narrator use to describe the tapestries?

2. What colors were the banners that floated on the place the lyrics describe?

3. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere of the room?

4. The throngs in the song laugh, but what do they not do anymore?

5. How does the narrator describe the window panes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the door into the vault where they lay Madeline's coffin?

2. How does the narrator help Roderick regarding Roderick's deceased sister?

3. What type of struggle is going on within Roderick?

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

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

6. What does the narrator think of Roderick's ostensible reason for delaying Madeline's burial?

7. Why does the narrator think the house and the family are both called "The House of Usher"?

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

9. When does the narrator find he is unable to sleep and upon what does he blame that fact?

10. Where does Roderick's genius as a painter lie?

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