Quizizz: The Fall of the House of Usher (4)

What does Usher say he dreads?

• Events in the future

• His sister suffering because of him

• The past being uncovered

• Losing his mind

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Instead of danger, what does Usher abhor?

• Terror

• Being abandoned by all

• Being misunderstood

• A placid life

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What is the "grim phantasm"?

• The night

• Fear

• Death

• A ghost who haunts the House of Usher

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What superstitious impression chains Usher?

• The belief the garden is full of evil sprites

• The belief that a demon lives in the cellar

• The belief that the house of Usher had itself caused Usher's malady

• The belief that Usher's grandfather controls Usher's life from the other side

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What does Usher admit in a lucid moment concerning his gloomy outlook?

• It is probably due to his severe and long-standing illness

• It is probably because of his sister's absence for the past several months

• It is probably because he has not gone anywhere for a while

• It is probably due to the extreme overcast weather of late

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Who does Usher say is dying?

• His mother

• His sister

• His brother

• His cousin

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How does the narrator feel when Usher's sister comes through the apartment where Usher and the narrator are?

• Admiration

• Dread

• Tongue-tied

• Spiteful

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What does the narrator say overtakes him as he watches Lady Madeline leave?

• Stupor

• The desire to save her

• Embarrassment

• The desire to run out of the house

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What does Usher do when Madeline passes through the apartment?

• Cries

• Asks her to summon a servant

• Jumps up and hugs her

• Asks if she is well

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What about Lady Madeline had baffled her physicians?

• What is wrong with her health

• Why she has refused to leave her brother

• Her apparent robust health in face of what her brother is suffering

• Why she refuses medicine that would cure her

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