The Fall of the House of Usher

What happens to the house in the end of the story?

• it was built again

• it was cleaned by Roderick

• it cracks along the break in the frame and crumbles to the ground

• it decays and Madeline runs away

Where did the narrator first meet Roderick?

• school

• family friends

• boyhood companions

• they're related

Roderick believes that the family's problems are caused by__________

• Bad luck

• Contagious disease

• Poor nutrition

• The evil atmosphere of the mansion

The themes of the story concern___________

• Fear of death and madness

• The kindness of friends

• Proper burial techniques

• The mystery of Gothic mansions

Madeline Usher has taken ill with a mysterious sickness called

• catalepsy

• catalepsis

• chickenpox

• allergy

Which of the following contains the element of madness and mental anguish (negative thoughts that stress a person out)?

• "The writer spoke of acute bodily illness—of a mental disorder which oppressed him—and of an earnest desire to see me, as his best and indeed his only personal friend..." (par.2)

• "The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty. The windows were long, narrow, and pointed..." (par. 6)

• "At the request of Usher, I personally aided him in the arrangements for the temporary entombment. The body having been encoffined, we two alone bore it to its rest." (par.28)

• "As if a shield of brass had indeed, at the moment, fallen heavily upon a floor of silver—I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic, and clangorous, yet apparently muffled, reverberation" (par.45)

What feature does the narrator notice about the exterior of the house which extends from roof to tarn

• a fissure

• fungi

• vacant, eye-like windows

• fallen masonry

This word means extreme sadness and is a favorite word in gothic literature or scary stories.

• melancholy

• hideous

• cataleptical

• emaciated

The poem titled "The Haunted Palace" expresses__________

• Roderick's state of mind

• Madeline's mental state

• A satiric commentary on the narrator

• comic relief

What does the narrator learn about Roderick and Madeline?

• they're twins

• they weren't really related

• they were cousins

• they were married