"The Fall of the House of Usher"

The house that Roderick Usher lives in is an example of which element of Gothic literature?

• The supernatural

• Extremes

• Castles

• Wild nature

The intense storm that surrounds the house is an example of several elements of Gothic literature? Choose the one that DOES NOT apply.

• the supernatural

• poor weather

• wild nature

• castles

Which character best supports the element of confinement?

• Lady Madeline Usher

• Roderick Usher

• the narrator

• the valet

Match the following elements of Gothic literature to the appropriate example from the text:

• Lady Madeline buried alive

• Doubles

• Roderick and Madeline are twins

• Extremes

• Roderick's hyper-sensitivity to stimuli

• Confinement

• Remote and dreary location of the house

• Wild Nature

• Lady Madeline is afflicted with disease

• Women in Distress

Who is the narrator of the story?

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Roderick

• Madeline

• the name isn't given

Thematic topics presented in "The Fall of the House of Usher" include family, madness, isolation, _____, and identity.

Which character could be considered a hero-villain?

• Lady Madeline

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Roderick

• the Narrator

The fact that Roderick and Madeline are twins is an example of which Gothic element?

• Confinement

• Doubles

• Extremes of any kind

• the Supernatural

Which literary device is exemplified in the following passage? "I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down — but with a shudder even more thrilling than before — upon the re-modelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant and eye-like windows."

• Metaphor

• Literary styles

• Tone

• Mood

Which device is evident in the sentence structure in the following quote: "I looked upon the scene before me — upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain — upon the bleak walls — upon the vacant eye-like windows — upon a few rank sedges — and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees. . ."

• Syntax

• Connotations

• Theme

• Foreshadowing