The House of Usher Quiz

What is the initial emotion that the narrator experiences upon beholding the House of Usher?

• terror

• happiness

• inquisitiveness

• gloominess

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Which principal characteristic about the House of Usher does the narrator first notice?

• its excessive antiquity

• its gargantuan size

• its precariousness

• its somberness

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Why does Roderick invite the narrator to visit him at the House of Usher?

• The narrator has expressed a desire to see the mansion.

• Roderick wants a second opinion on his health.

• The narrator is Roderick’s only close friend.

• Roderick thinks that the narrator is a potential suitor for his sister.

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After seeing Roderick for the first time in many years, the narrator says, “It was with difficulty that I could bring myself to admit the identity of the wan being before me with the companion of my early boyhood.” What does the narrator mean when he calls Roderick a “wan being” in this context?

• He means that Roderick has a joyful countenance.

• He means that Roderick is sad and morose.

• He means that Roderick is shaky and unsteady.

• He means that Roderick is pale and sickly looking.

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Match each possible cause of Roderick's predicted death with the corresponding description.

• Roderick believes he will die from overwhelming fear.

• tuberculosis

• Roderick fears his heart will fail suddenly.

• a nervous breakdown

• Roderick suspects he will succumb to a wasting disease.

• a heart attack

• Roderick thinks his mind will collapse under stress.

• extreme terror

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Roderick tells the narrator that his sister Madeline is suffering from (a)   .

• narcolepsy
• occasional paralysis
• a weakened heart
• a nervous affliction

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Match each reason with the corresponding explanation for why Roderick decides to inter Madeline in a basement vault rather than the family’s burial crypt.

• He plans to wait for better weather before a proper burial ceremony.

• Roderick expresses an unhealthy desire to be near his sister’s corpse.

• He fears grave robbers may target Madeline’s remains.

• Roderick is concerned that Madeline’s body will be stolen for scientific research.

• He wishes to keep Madeline’s body close to him after her death.

• Roderick says that his sister’s dying wish was to remain in the house.

• He honors Madeline’s request to stay within the family home after her passing.

• Roderick wants to hold a formal funeral when the weather improves.

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Upon the internment of Madeline’s body in the basement vault, what does the narrator notice is strange about the corpse’s appearance?

• The body is decaying unusually quickly.

• The body is rosy and the lips are smiling.

• The body appears to have suffered physical trauma.

• The body is overly thin and the face is sunken.

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Roderick suspects that (a)   is on the other side of the chamber door as the narrator comes to the climax of Ethelred’s story.

• the family doctor
• Ethelred
• Madeline
• the butler

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After Roderick and Madeline die, the narrator “fled aghast.” As he is leaving the mansion, he sees (a)   .

• He sees Ethelred’s dragon circling
• He sees the ghost of Madeline hover
• He sees the peacefulness of the sun
• He sees the ruins of the house bein

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