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Reading Quiz Part II
Fall of
the House of
Usher
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1. Usher places his sister’s body in a vault because.A. he wants to embalm herB. his sister's doctor wants to do an autopsyC. the ground in the family burial plot is too muddy for burial nowD. both b & CE. none of these
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2. What did the narrator discover about Usher’s sister?A. she’s his daughterB. she was born w/o a noseC. she’s Usher’s twinD. she has an A burned on her chest
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3. After his sister’s death Usher’s physical appearance and mental health deteriorate rapidly, and he is so agitated that the narrator thought that Usher was:A. planning to kill himB. ready to commit suicideC. keeping a secretD. nuttier than a fruitcake
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4. The last night of the story, the gothic nature of the story is enhanced by:A. a blizzardB. high humidityC. a tempestD. a hurricane
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5. The narrator notes that his own demeanor has become increasingly more A. depressedB. agitatedC. joyousD. obsessive-compulsive
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6. Where are the narrator’s rooms?A. near the kitchenB. next to Usher’sC. over the vaultD. in the garret
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7. The narrator, who for the first time is unable to sleep, begins to pace in his rooms when he hears:A. Usher’s footstepsB. demons chantingC. cats fightingD. moans
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8. The narrator goes to Usher’s rooms and tries to calm him down by reading a story which focuses on:A. JeffersonB. MerlinC. PoeD. Ethelred
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9. The story the narrator reads is eerie because it mirrorsA. Usher’s & the narrator’s friendship.B. “The Haunted Palace” poemC. the events occurring at that very moment in the houseD. the French Revolution
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10. What eventually happens to the house?A. burns to the groundB. disintegratesC. swallowed by the tarnD. vanishes into thin air
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11. What happens to the narrator at the end of the story?
A. he slays the incubusB. he dies in the fireC. he is killed by MadelineD. he escapes
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12. Which word would you use to describe your brother’s relationship with a girlfriend with whom he constantly fights and then makes up?A. wanB. tempestuousC. anomalousD. rendablee
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13. If you were to scold or criticize someone you would
them.
A. profuseB. asunderC. upbraidD. prostrate
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14. In a situation where you might say, “the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife,” you could also say, “the tension was almost
.”
A. vivaciousB. palpableC. equivocalD. prodigious