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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Usher say about his relationship with his sister?
(a) They fought terribly as children but were closer as adults
(b) They were close as young children and then drifted apart
(c) It is somewhat distant
(d) They have always been extremely close

2. What word does the narrator use to describe the tapestries?
(a) Threadbare
(b) Richly colored
(c) Intricately woven
(d) Somber

3. What bewilders the narrator as he listens to Usher speak of his problem?
(a) The way Usher speaks in a combination of French, English and Italian
(b) Some of the symptoms that Usher relates pertaining to his malady
(c) Why Usher refuses to see a physician
(d) Why Usher wants the narrator there

4. What feelings arise in the narrator while first gazing upon Usher?
(a) Bitterness and curiosity
(b) Terror
(c) Pity and awe
(d) Anger

5. Into whose dwelling is the hero of Trist trying to enter?
(a) The prince
(b) The monk
(c) The queen
(d) The hermit

6. What is the narrator unable to see in the room?
(a) The recesses of the ceiling
(b) The colors of the tapestries
(c) The fact that there was someone else in the room besides his friend
(d) The expression on his friend's face

7. What is the narrator later unable to convey about the time he spent with Usher?
(a) The sorrow at failing to cheer his friend
(b) The horror at being trapped with a madman
(c) The ways Madeline continually impinged upon their time
(d) Exactly what the two did during the time

8. After glancing at Usher, what does the narrator believe about the way in which Usher welcomes him?
(a) It is confusing
(b) It is feigned
(c) It is sincere
(d) It is practiced

9. What does the narrator say about Usher's countenance after Madeline dies?
(a) It is terribly sorrowful
(b) It is florid
(c) It is more pallid than ever
(d) It starts showing a little more color

10. What is one word the narrator uses to describe the book he picks up to read?
(a) Charming
(b) Uncouth
(c) Enlightening
(d) Prosy

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

12. How often is it likely that the narrator will see Madeline in the future?
(a) Probably daily as she checks on her brother regularly
(b) Probably at the formal dinners every evening
(c) At least at chapel on Wednesdays and Sundays
(d) Probably never again

13. Why does Usher want to wait a fortnight?
(a) His sister was greatly loved and many people will want to pay their respects
(b) His cousin will have returned for the funeral
(c) The moon will be full again
(d) Usher is suspicious of the physicians' motives

14. What is one of the Usher's favorite volumes that the narrator and Usher read?
(a) Directorium Inquisitorium
(b) City of the Sun
(c) Subterranean Voyage
(d) Journey into the Blue Distance

15. What odors does Usher find oppressive?
(a) The smell of women's perfume
(b) The scent from flowers
(c) The odor from the dog
(d) The odor of cooked meat

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hero of Trist believe himself to be?

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

3. How does Usher announce Madeline's death?

4. What does the narrator do with his horse?

5. About what does the narrator say Usher had always been excessive and habitual?

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