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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 music does Usher prefer?
(a) Stringed instruments
(b) The harpsichord
(c) The flute
(d) Voice

2. Of what does the narrator say the atmosphere reeks?
(a) Sadness
(b) Lethargy
(c) Decayed trees and grey walls
(d) Evil

3. What is one word the author uses to describe the furniture?
(a) Comfortable
(b) Well maintained
(c) Comfortless
(d) Fragile

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

5. How does the hero finally get into the dwelling?
(a) By force
(b) Coaxing
(c) Magic
(d) He doesn't get in

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Usher say about the similarity between he and his sister's appearance?

2. What is the title of the verses Usher composes that the narrator pens in the story?

3. What does Usher say he dreads?

4. What does the narrator help Usher carry?

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

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