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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. How does the narrator describe the House of Usher?
(a) Airy
(b) Homey
(c) Tiny
(d) Melancholy
2. What is one of the Usher's favorite volumes that the narrator and Usher read?
(a) Directorium Inquisitorium
(b) Subterranean Voyage
(c) Journey into the Blue Distance
(d) City of the Sun
3. What does Usher say about the similarity between he and his sister's appearance?
(a) Their mother's genes were particularly strong in both of them
(b) Their parents were first cousins, so family resemblance is strong
(c) They are twins
(d) Their father's genes were particularly strong in both of them
4. Who is the hero of Trist?
(a) Nathan
(b) Mandred
(c) Ethelred
(d) Trist
5. About what does the narrator say Usher had always been excessive and habitual?
(a) Reserve
(b) Laxness in moral character
(c) Affection
(d) Loyalty
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator note about the mansion's walls?
2. What does the narrator notice about Madeline when he and Usher are staring at her in the coffin?
3. What is one way the narrator said he had been prepared for Usher's present state?
4. What else had prepared the narrator for Usher's appearance?
5. What sort of activities do Usher and the narrator do together over the next few days?
This section contains 319 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
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