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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What style were Usher's paintings?
(a) Realistic
(b) Religious motifs
(c) Naturalistic
(d) Abstractions

3. What does Usher say about the similarity between he and his sister's appearance?
(a) They are twins
(b) Their parents were first cousins, so family resemblance is strong
(c) Their mother's genes were particularly strong in both of them
(d) Their father's genes were particularly strong in both of them

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roderick Usher hope will happen through a visit by the narrator?

2. What happens to the trophies of armor when the narrator walks past them?

3. How does Usher greet the narrator?

4. What color is the light coming through the windows?

5. What does Usher offer as an example of his belief about plants?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say about African Satyrs and Aepipans?

2. To what does Roderick say part of his mental state can be traced?

3. What does the narrator do when he realizes that both twins are dead?

4. Where does Roderick's genius as a painter lie?

5. What is the only instrument Roderick can tolerate hearing?

6. What does the narrator say about Madeline's appearance when he looked upon her before they sealed the coffin lid?

7. Why does the narrator think the vault was used in more recent times to store gunpowder?

8. To what does the narrator attribute the changes in Roderick?

9. What does the narrator regularly observe Roderick doing after Madeline's death?

10. What announcement does Roderick abruptly make one evening?

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