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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. What does the narrator say Usher must not do?
(a) Go back to his room
(b) Look outside
(c) Go outside
(d) Go down to his sister's coffin

2. What does the narrator say may have originated in the tarn?
(a) The screeching sounds
(b) The feeling of peace pervading the scene
(c) The sounds of moaning
(d) The electrical phenomena

3. How does Usher greet the narrator?
(a) With a vivacious warmth
(b) With a certain amount of cynicism
(c) With grave formality
(d) With charmed indifference

4. What does the hero of Trist believe himself to be?
(a) The slayer of the serpent
(b) The defender of the weak
(c) The new guardian of the hermitage
(d) The champion of the brazen shield

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Into whose dwelling is the hero of Trist trying to enter?

2. Of what texture is Usher's hair?

3. What does the narrator hear as he paces through his apartment?

4. Who does the narrator meet on one of the staircases?

5. How is Usher's skin described?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Roderick's appearance?

2. What does the narrator think of Roderick's ostensible reason for delaying Madeline's burial?

3. Who does the narrator meet on the stairs and what is the narrator's impression of the person?

4. What is the significance of the small volume titled “Directorium Inquisitorium,” by the Dominican Eymeric de Gironne?

5. How does the narrator help Roderick regarding Roderick's deceased sister?

6. One is one topic of discussion between the narrator and Roderick that arises from the singing of Roderick's song, "The Haunted Palace"?

7. What does the narrator discover when he gets up and bends his ear close to Roderick's mouth?

8. What is Roderick's response to Madeline falling upon him?

9. With what is the narrator impressed concerning Roderick?

10. Why is the narrator unable to shake off his feelings of uneasiness the night of the storm?

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