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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fall of the House of Usher.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator think Usher is attempting to find the courage to do after Madeline has been dead for several days?
(a) Ask the narrator to live there permanently
(b) Bury Madeline
(c) Leave his home and travel abroad
(d) Tell the narrator a secret

2. What happens to the physical structure of the House of Usher?
(a) It sinks into the tarn
(b) It is left to rot
(c) It burns down
(d) It is hurled into the heavens

3. What effect does Usher think plants have had upon his life?
(a) They have kept him tied to the manor
(b) They have kept him alive long after he should be dead
(c) They have made him what he is now
(d) They have whispered insane arguments to him and caused him anxiety

4. What does the narrator say is dangerous to Usher?
(a) The outside air
(b) Standing in the rain
(c) Trying to understand the eerie atmosphere outside
(d) Dwelling too long on Madeline

5. What does the narrator say is the cause of his initial impression and feelings as he approaches the House of Usher?
(a) The desire to do well in his new employment
(b) The knowledge that his best friend has died in that house
(c) A combination of his trepidation about his new job and being recently widowed
(d) A combination of how the entire outside of the house and grounds appeared

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Usher say about his relationship with his sister?

2. What does the narrator say about the archway that leads into the hall?

3. What does the hero of Trist find instead of the hermit?

4. How does the narrator feel about how he is greeted?

5. Who is the hero of Trist?

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