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

2. Who leads the narrator through the house?
(a) The narrator's friend's sister
(b) No one; he goes himself
(c) The valet
(d) The cook

3. What does the hero of Trist find instead of the hermit?
(a) An eagle
(b) A crow
(c) A dragon
(d) A cat

4. In what were the evil things that assailed the monarch's "high estate" dressed?
(a) Robes of sorrow
(b) They were naked
(c) Robes of white and gold
(d) Robes of crimson death

5. What was the duty of the Echoes in the song?
(a) To sing of the wit and wisdom of their king
(b) To remind all of the light
(c) To calm the agitated soul
(d) To drive the ruler mad

Short Answer Questions

1. What deficiency does the narrator note about the Usher family ancestry?

2. What had Usher done as the narrator is reading to him?

3. How does the narrator describe the small pond near the house?

4. How does the narrator feel when Usher's sister comes through the apartment where Usher and the narrator are?

5. What subject does not come up between the narrator and Usher during the next several days?

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