Unit One Review

Which of the following things would most likely be described as obscure?

• a rare book

• a daily newspaper

• a familiar magazine

• a popular blog

Which of the following words best describes the mood, or overall feeling,

established in “House Taken Over”?

• violent

• depressed

• creepy

• lonely

What is realistic about “House Taken Over”?

• The brother and sister cannot understand their home’s invasion.

• The house resists the nameless intruders for as long as possible.

• The outside forces are allowed to take over the house without any opposition.

• The brother and sister keep busy cleaning house and working on hobbies.

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.

Which of the following is the best example of a tumultuous event?

• a foggy night that hides the moon

• a drought that causes crops to wither and die

• a storm so loud that it is hard to hear others speaking

• a winter night so cold that snow freezes into ice

Which excerpt from “The Fall of the House of Usher” best captures the story’s

overall effect?

• There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an unredeemed

  dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture

  into aught of the sublime.

• Although, as boys, we had been even intimate associates, yet I really

  knew little of my friend.

• Beyond this indication of extensive decay, however, the fabric gave little

  token of instability.

• It had been used, apparently, in remote feudal times, for the worst

  purposes of a donjon-keep, and, in later days, as a place of deposit for

  powder….

Which aspects of Roderick Usher’s character most clearly illustrate elements

of Gothic literature? Choose two options.

• Roderick is an accomplished musician.

• Roderick has a twin sister with whom he lives.

• Roderick fears that unnatural forces control his home.

• Roderick and his sister are the last living members of their family.

• Roderick lives in a gloomy ancestral home far from populated areas.

Select the complex sentence.

• Edgar Allan Poe’s stories, while they delight the imagination, also

  challenge one’s intelligence.

• Poe’s writing style is considered dense and challenging by many of

  today’s readers.

• Still, most young people like his tales of horror, and some stories have

  been made into popular movies.

• Have you seen the movie House of Usher or another film called The

  Haunted Palace?

After which event in “Where Is Here?” does the father announce forcefully,

“The visit is over”?

• the stranger’s bursting into tears

• the stranger’s request to sit on the basement steps

• the stranger’s entrance into the house

• the stranger’s statement that there used be a water stain on the wall

Which words best characterize the stranger in “Where Is Here?”

• He possesses a good sense of humor.

• He proves that he is trustworthy and honest.

• He shows fierce loyalty to his family.

• He demonstrates mysterious and confusing powers.