The Fall of the House of Usher Quiz 3

At the beginning of “The Fall of the House of Usher,” what does the narrator do?

• He listens to Roderick Usher’s improvisations on the guitar.

• He travels with Roderick Usher to visit Usher’s family home.

• He travels to visit Roderick Usher at Usher’s family home.

• He helps Roderick Usher bury Roderick’s sister Madeline in a vault.

What was the purpose of the narrator going to visit Usher?

• He was going to cheer up his sick friend.

• He was going to mourn with his sick friend.

• He was going to kill his sick friend.

• He was going to flirt with the dying sister of the sick friend.

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Which of the following is the most accurate description of what happens to Madeline Usher in “The Fall of the House of Usher”?

• She dies, is buried by her brother, but then returns to life to terrorize her brother and the narrator.

• She appears to die, is mistakenly entombed, but then revives and forces her way to freedom before dying.

• She pretends to die, is taken for dead and is buried, but then emerges from her crypt to destroy the house.

• She nearly dies, recovers through a doctor’s help, but then is thrown into an underground cell by her brother.

Following the death of his sister, what are two activities that Roderick frequently participates in?

• Painting and making music

• Hiking and painting

• Making music and writing stories

• Writing stories and meditating

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Near the end of the story, what does the narrator begin to feel?

• He believes he is falling to the same disease as Usher.

• He believes he is being possessed.

• He believes he is in love with Usher.

• He believes he needs to kill Usher.

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Which is the most accurate description of the ending of the “The Fall of the House of Usher”?

• During a storm, the waters of the tarn surrounding the house rise until the house is submerged.

• During a storm, the barely perceptible fissure in the façade of the house widens until the house collapses.

• During a storm, Roderick Usher madly rushes about striking at the house until he causes its collapse.

• During a storm, Roderick and Madeline Usher struggle so madly that they cause the collapse of the house.