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WorksheetsLet's Review Tom Walker and The House of Usher 102921-1st
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
Which word best describes the mood at the beginning of "The House of Usher?"
Comical
Depressing
Judgmental
Humorous
What is our narrator's name?
Alexander
Edgar
Roderick
We're not told
What is our narrator's relation to Roderick Usher?
Childhood best friends
Cousins
They went to college together
Brothers-in-law
What happens shortly after our narrator enters Roderick Usher's house?
He meets the family doctor
He meets a young child
He almost dies from a broken chandelier
He find Usher passed out on the couch
Which of the following is NOT said to bother Roderick Usher
Bright light
Stringed instruments
Flavorful food
Strong smells
During which season of the year is "The Fall of the House of Usher" said to take place?
Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn
What does Roderick Usher blame on his physical and mental decline?
Fear of his own death
Fear of being left alone
Fear of his own house
All of the above
What does the narrator feel when he sees Madeline walk by shortly after his arrival?
Dread
Happiness
Confusion
Sadness
Following the death of his sister, what are two activities that Roderick frequently participates in?
Painting and making music
Hiking and painting
Making music and writing stories
Writing stories and meditating
The purpose of the poem "The Haunted Palace" is to.......
Showcase Usher's writing ability
Foreshadow the downfall of the House of Usher
Symbolize the death of Madeline
Foreshadow Usher's future murders
Following her death and shortly before entombment, we find out that Roderick and Madeline were actually
Not related
Cousins
Twins
Father and daughter
Which of the following is Roderick Usher NOT said to do during his further descent into madness?
Constantly pace from room to room
Stare into vacancy for long hours
Change voice entirely
Scream and cry incessantly during the night
What did the narrator notice when he helped place Madeline's body in the tomb?
Her eyes were open
Her cheeks were rosy
She was still breathing
Her body smelled horribly
What happens in the closing scene of the story?
Madeline appears
Roderick collapses from fear
the house collapses
all of the above
Roderick's death is cause by ________
murder
suicide
fear
the collapse of the house
Roderick believes that the family's problems are caused by______
bad luck
the evil atmosphere of the mansion
poor nutrition
contagious disease
The themes of the story concern _______.
fear of death and madness
proper burial techniques
the kindness of friends
the mystery of Gothic mansions
What is "the remarkable fact" concerning the "House of Usher"?
It is originally from Romania
It posses royal blood
it lies entirely in the direct line of descent
every member has left
Poe uses several similes comparing Usher to what kind of addict?
opium
cocaine
meth
codeine
The windows are best described as...
warm
blue
colorful
vacant
What is the story's setting?
a Midwestern frontier pine forest, circa 1608
The New Orleans, Louisiana, riverfront, circa 1680
A forest near Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1727
A pond deep in the Maine forest, circa 1850
Tom Walker might best be described as--
having been beaten down by bad luck
basically kind but misunderstood
crafty but very lazy
stingy, cruel, but courageous
Tom Walker's wife is best described as---
very generous and much loved by her neighbors
kind toward her husband, but cruel to others
yearning for companionship
fierce, shrew, always nagging and yelling
In this story, the woods are used to symbolize--
evil
goodness
isolation
greed
How does Tom die?
The people he has cheated rise up against him
He fall off his horse and gets trampled
Tom is tricked by his own words
He is killed by Native Americans
What happens to Tom Walker's money at the end of the story?
It is given to the townspeople
It goes to Mrs. Walker
The townspeople seize it
It turns into cinders and ashes
Which item best contributes to the story's mood?
"....stepping from tuft to tuft of rushes and roots..."
"At length he arrived at the firm piece of ground, which ran like a peninsula into the deep bosom of the swamp."
"The swamp was thickly grown with great gloomy pines and hemlocks...which makes it dark at noonday..."
"Nothing remained of the old Indian fort but a few embankments, gradually sinking to the level of the surrounding earth."
What was the “prove” that the devil gave to Tom?
The Finger Mark on his forehead
A death animal
Nothing
What did the wife take with her to make a deal with The Devil?
Money
Ornaments and Silverware
Food
Who tried to find The Devil and make a deal instead of Tom?
Amber
Old Scratch
Black Man
Mrs. Walker
Why did Tom decide to convert to church?
Because of his fear to the afterlife
Because The Devil asked him to do it.
He was already a devoted man
Because he wanted to pray desperately for his business
Who said "You have made so much money out of me"?
Tom Walker
A poor land jobber
The Devil
Mrs. Walker
What describes Madeline's side of the story?
Roderick thinks she dies and buries her, but she revives and escapes before actually dying
She pretends to die, is taken for dead and buried, but then escapes to destroy the house
She is close to death, recovers with her doctors' help, but Roderick locks her in a tomb
She dies and Roderick buries her, but returns to life to terrorize her brother and the narrator
How does the story end?
During a storm, Roderick and Madeline fight which causes the house to fall
During a storm, Roderick begins demolishing his house with a hammer
During a storm, a crack on the front of the house widens until the house falls
During a storm, the waters of lake overflow and flood the house
"The belief, however, was connected...with the gray stones of the home of his forefathers. The conditions of the sentience had been here, he imagined, fulfilled in the method of collocation of these stones..."
What belief does Roderick have based on this quote?
His house will fall into the lake
The narrator still holds a grudge from childhood
The house has awareness like a living thing
His healthy sister will die soon
Which quote best describes the story's overall mood or effect?
It had been used, apparently, in remote feudal times, for the worst purposes of a donjon-keep, and, in later days, as a place of deposit for powder...
There was an iciness, a sinking of the heart--an unredeemed dreariness of thought now goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime.
Although, as boys, we had been even intimate associates, yet I really knew little of my friend.
Beyond this indication of extensive decay, however, the fabric gave little token of instability.
Identify the simple sentence.
Edgar Allen Poe wrote poems that cover a wide range of human emotions, including love, joy, and intense sorrow.
He earned his living as a writer, but he was in financial difficulties for most of his short life.
Edgar Allan Poe's stories, while they delight the imagination, also challenge one's intelligence.
He also wrote a poem that he entitled "The Bells" because the words in the verse imitate the sounds of different kinds of bells, and the poem has become a popular piece to be read aloud by a chorus.
Identify the compound sentence.
Edgar Allen Poe wrote poems that cover a wide range of human emotions, including love, joy, and intense sorrow.
He earned his living as a writer, but he was in financial difficulties for most of his short life.
Edgar Allan Poe's stories, while they delight the imagination, also challenge one's intelligence.
He also wrote a poem that he entitled "The Bells" because the words in the verse imitate the sounds of different kinds of bells, and the poem has become a popular piece to be read aloud by a chorus.
Identify the complex sentence.
Edgar Allen Poe wrote poems that cover a wide range of human emotions, including love, joy, and intense sorrow.
He earned his living as a writer, but he was in financial difficulties for most of his short life.
Edgar Allan Poe's stories, while they delight the imagination, also challenge one's intelligence.
He also wrote a poem that he entitled "The Bells" because the words in the verse imitate the sounds of different kinds of bells, and the poem has become a popular piece to be read aloud by a chorus.
Identify the compound-complex sentence.
Edgar Allen Poe wrote poems that cover a wide range of human emotions, including love, joy, and intense sorrow.
He earned his living as a writer, but he was in financial difficulties for most of his short life.
Edgar Allan Poe's stories, while they delight the imagination, also challenge one's intelligence.
He also wrote a poem that he entitled "The Bells" because the words in the verse imitate the sounds of different kinds of bells, and the poem has become a popular piece to be read aloud by a chorus.
