Fall of the House of Usher Part One

What's the name of the character in the story the narrator reads to Roderick?

• Ethelred

• Lancelot

• Roderick

• Arthur

How does the narrator describe Roderick Usher?

• tall and thin

• pale, gloomy and mysterious

• pale, tall and funny

• crazy and faunny

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

Who is the narrator of the story?

• He is anonymous

• He is Roderick

• He is Edgar Allan Poe

• She is Madeline´s doctor

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