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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 deficiency does the narrator note about the Usher family ancestry?
(a) That it was speckled with other races
(b) That it had a number of issues that were never discussed
(c) It had included persons of dubious character
(d) That the entire family lay in the direct line of descent

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

3. What is the "Ververt et Chartreuse"?
(a) A poem by Machiavelli
(b) A book ostensibly by Gresset
(c) A painting by Monet
(d) A region in France

4. Of what texture is Usher's hair?
(a) Wirily
(b) Coarse
(c) Web-like softness
(d) Chopped

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator describe Usher as seeming to pour forth as if it were "an inherent positive quality"?

3. What does the narrator doubt when he studies over Usher's countenance?

4. What does the narrator say has occurred nearby?

5. What is the expression on the face of the person the narrator encounters on the staircase?

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