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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the ruler in the early part of the song the narrator records?
(a) On his throne
(b) There is no ruler
(c) Drowned in a river
(d) On his chariot

2. How does the narrator describe the House of Usher?
(a) Homey
(b) Melancholy
(c) Airy
(d) Tiny

3. What does the narrator describe Usher as seeming to pour forth as if it were "an inherent positive quality"?
(a) The story of his parents' individual deaths
(b) Gossip about their fellow students.
(c) His fascination with his sister's illness.
(d) Darkness from Usher's mind

4. How does the narrator feel when Usher's sister comes through the apartment where Usher and the narrator are?
(a) Tongue-tied
(b) Dread
(c) Admiration
(d) Spiteful

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

6. What does Usher do when Madeline passes through the apartment?
(a) Asks if she is well
(b) Asks her to summon a servant
(c) Cries
(d) Jumps up and hugs her

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

8. Who is the hero of Trist?
(a) Trist
(b) Mandred
(c) Nathan
(d) Ethelred

9. How does the narrator describe the atmosphere of the room?
(a) Lively
(b) Hopeful
(c) Quiet
(d) Sorrowful

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

11. How does the narrator respond to Usher coming into the narrator's apartment?
(a) The narrator is unhappy
(b) The narrator is uncomfortable but also any company is a relief
(c) The narrator is glad to know it is not Usher who his moaning
(d) The narrator orders Usher to leave

12. Besides books, what else were scattered about in the room?
(a) Papers
(b) Swords and other arms
(c) Musical instruments
(d) Pillows

13. What happens to the narrator as he lies in bed the eighth night after Madeline's death?
(a) He imagines his mother calling him
(b) He prays and sees a light from the heavens
(c) He is assaulted by one of the serving lads
(d) A blanket of utter terror falls upon his heart

14. What does the narrator hear through the noises of the storm?
(a) A trumpet blowing
(b) Screaming
(c) Low and indefinite sounds
(d) Horses galloping

15. What is the setting of the picture the narrator describes?
(a) On another planet
(b) In the depths of the earth
(c) In the sky
(d) On top of a mountain

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the book that the narrator picks up to soothe Usher?

3. What about Lady Madeline had baffled her physicians?

4. How often is it likely that the narrator will see Madeline in the future?

5. How does the narrator describe the clouds?

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