The Fall of the House of Usher Quiz

1. ______________ wrote the short story The Fall of the House of Usher.
a. Roderick Usher c. Pierre Jean de Beranger
b. Edgar Allan Poe d. A. Rackham

2. The Fall of the House of Usher is written in ________ point of view.

a. first person c. limited third person
b. third person d. omniscient third

3. The story occurs in the _______________ of the year.

a. winter b. spring c. summer d. fall

4. The narrator of the story has known Roderick Usher ________________

a. since college c. since childhood
b. for less than a year d. from work

5. The narrator of the story visits Roderick Usher because

a. Usher has died c. the narrator is on vacation
b. there is a family reunion d. Usher summons him by letter

6. The Usher family possesses an unusual trait; they are

a. artistic c. in a direct line of descent
b. musical d. financially independent

7. _________ covers the outer walls of the mansion.

a. fungi c. locusts
b. ivy d. old paint

8. The narrator of the story passes or encounters _______________ on the staircase.

a. Ushers valet c. Ushers sister
b. Ushers doctor d. Usher

9. Usher predicts _______________

a. he will recover soon c. the narrator will be affected soon
b. he will eventually die d. the narrator will return

10. Usher admits that his emotional state is primarily due to ____________
a. the condition of the house c. his sisters illness
b. a death in the family d. lost fortune

11. Usher is sensitive to all music except that of _________ instruments.

a. stringed c. wind
b. percussion d. vocal
12. Before the final burial, Madelines body is temporarily entombed ____________.
a. beneath the house in a vault c. at a hospital
b. at a church d. at a morgue

13. The final burial is delayed because of ___________.

a. unusual symptoms of her illness c. the family cemetery was
muddy and distant
b. the doctors interest in the cause of her death d. all of the above

14. When the narrator helps Usher bury lady Madeline, he learns that ___________
a. Usher is at peace with her death c. they are twins
b. they look dissimilar d. she is without any color in her face

15. The longer the narrator stays with Usher,

a. the more Usher becomes relaxed.
b. the more the narrator becomes infected with Ushers superstitions and
illness
c. the more the narrator dismisses Ushers illness

16. In order to calm Usher that final night, he and the narrator
a. read a book c. paint
b. listen to music d. go for a walk

17. The events in the passage from the story Mad Trist ________ the events in the
story.
a. contrast c. distract
b. conflict d. echo

18. As the narrator continues the story, Usher _______.

a. sleeps b. faces the door c. faces the window d. leaves the room

19. __________ finally appears before the narrator and Usher.

a. Ushers servant c. Ethelred
b. Ushers doctor d. lady Madeline

20. As the narrator leaves, ________.

a. the house collapses c. Usher carries his sister back
b. the house burns down d. Usher waves good bye