SEC. 3 Comprehension Quiz

What keeps the narrator from falling asleep at the beginning of section 3?

• An intense feeling of horror overcomes him

• Usher be crazy

• Madeline is making noises in the tomb

• The storm outside is windy with loud crashes of thunder

Why does Usher go to the narrator's room in the middle of the night?

• He wants a midnight snack.

• He wants the narrator to read to him.

• He wants to play the narrator a song.

• He wants the narrator to see the storm.

What is unnatural about the tempest?

• The thunder doesn't make a sound.

• The clouds hung oppressively low.

• Everything is glowing from a supernatural source.

• The house is haunted.

What is the title of the book the narrator reads to Usher during the storm?

• Green Eggs and Ham

• Mad Trist

• Knights and Dragons

• The Fall of the House of Usher

Which elements of the story are included to establish parallelism? SELECT TWO ANSWERS

• The narrator and Usher

• The tarn and the house

• The noises in the mad trist and in the mansion

• The tempest and Usher's mental state

What is the cause of the cracking and ripping sound the narrator hears while reading to Usher?

• Madeline is breaking out of her coffin.

• Usher is destroying the furniture.

• The tempest outside the narrator's window.

• The doctors exhuming Madeline's body.

True or False: Usher knew Madeline was alive in the tomb and didn't say anything to the narrator until now.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who dies at the end of the story? Select all that apply.

• Narrator

• Usher

• Madeline

• Physician

What happens to the House of Usher as the narrator is fleeing on horseback?

• The tempest causes lightening to strike the house.

• The house comes to life and tries to consume the narrator.

• The fissure expands causing the house to crumble and fall into the tarn.

• Usher and Madeline stand in the window watching the narrator leave.

What literary device is established in the title of the story, "The Fall of the House of Usher"?

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery