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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. For what had the vault beneath the narrator's apartments once been used in feudal times?
(a) Storing scrolls
(b) A bolt hole
(c) Storing food
(d) Torture and imprisonment

2. What does Roderick Usher hope will happen through a visit by the narrator?
(a) The narrator will fall in love with Usher's sister
(b) The narrator will cheer up Usher
(c) The narrator will endeavor to convince Usher's uncle of Usher's competence
(d) The narrator will convince the judge of the unjustness of the legal situation

3. Into whose dwelling is the hero of Trist trying to enter?
(a) The monk
(b) The prince
(c) The hermit
(d) The queen

4. What does Usher fear about Madeline?
(a) That she was attacked by demons
(b) That she hated Usher
(c) That she was still alive when put in her coffin
(d) That she was terrified at the moment of her death

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator describe as long and improvised

2. In what were the evil things that assailed the monarch's "high estate" dressed?

3. What are the trees like that are in the yard?

4. Instead of danger, what does Usher abhor?

5. How does the narrator describe Usher's ideality?

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