The Fall of the House of Usher Comprehension Check

The clouds hung low in the heavens.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The narrator intended to stay at Roderick Usher's mansion for just one night. (True or False)

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Roderick and the narrator have not seen each other for many years.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Roderick has written the narrator a letter asking him to come to help him overcome an acute bodily illness brought on by a mental disorder which oppressed him.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Since childhood, the narrator has known all about Roderick - his personality, habits, etc.

• True

• False

The narrator notices a fissure (i.e. crack) that extended from the mansion's roof all the way down to the sullen water of the tarn.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

As the narrator made his way inside the mansion, he sees Lady Madeline on the staircase.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the high-ceiling room where the narrator met Roderick, white draperies hung upon the walls.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When Roderick rose to meet the narrator, the narrator gazes upon him with a feeling half of pity, half of awe.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Even though Roderick has an austere and sullen appearance, his hair was well-groomed.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4