The Fall of the House of Usher

Which character was invited to visit Roderick Usher?

• The Narrator

• Madeline Usher

• Ethelred

• The King

Who was deathly ill and thought to have died?

• The king

• Roderick Usher

• Madeline Usher

• The Doctors

Who fears that the house is making them ill?

• The Narrator

• Roderick Usher

• Madeline Usher

• Ethelred

Who was the main character form the story our Narrator reads to Roderick Usher to calm him down?

• The Dragon

• The King

• Ethelred

• The Queen

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

• The supernatural

• Extremes

• Castles

• Wild nature

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

• Roderick and Madeline are twins

• Wild Nature

• Lady Madeline is afflicted with disease

• Extremes

• Lady Madeline buried alive

• Women in Distress

• Remote and dreary location of the house

• Doubles

• Roderick's hyper-sensitivity to stimuli

• Confinement

Which of the following is NOT an element of Gothic literature?

• Always sunny weather

• Old spacious house or castle

• Supernatural or unknown forces

• Isolation and imprisonment

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

What is almost always true about the setting of novels in Gothic Literature?

• Takes place in the wild west

• Revolves around a castle or mansion

• Full of joy and happiness

• Straight forward with no hidden messages

What does the narrator learn about Roderick and Madeline when he is putting her in the vault?

• They're twins

• They were not related at all

• They were actually cousins

• That was a stranger and he never actually met her