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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 infects the narrator?
(a) Usher's condition
(b) Usher's excitement at being free to leave the estate
(c) Usher's joy that his sister is free
(d) A cut the narrator receives in the bog

2. What two aspects of the Usher family does the narrator say the peasantry links together?
(a) Their madness and generosity
(b) Their name and their behavior
(c) Their intellect and their eccentricities
(d) Their family name and the family mansion

3. What does the narrator say Roderick Usher painted?
(a) Still life
(b) Animals
(c) Landscapes
(d) Ideas

4. What is the impact of Usher's condition on the narrator?
(a) It mystifies the narrator
(b) It terrifies the narrator
(c) It saddens the narrator
(d) It makes the narrator want to remove Usher from the premises

5. What group of people does the narrator say is suggested in Usher's nose?
(a) Russia
(b) Hebrew
(c) Toltec
(d) Scandinavian

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator describe Usher's overall countenance?

3. Besides books, what else were scattered about in the room?

4. What about Lady Madeline had baffled her physicians?

5. What does the narrator say he often finds Usher doing?

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