Reading Quiz Part II

Fall of

the House of

Usher

1. Usher places his sister’s body in a vault because.A. he wants to embalm herB. his sister's doctor wants to do an autopsyC. the ground in the family burial plot is too muddy for burial nowD. both b & CE. none of these

2. What did the narrator discover about Usher’s sister?A. she’s his daughterB. she was born w/o a noseC. she’s Usher’s twinD. she has an A burned on her chest

3. After his sister’s death Usher’s physical appearance and mental health deteriorate rapidly, and he is so agitated that the narrator thought that Usher was:A. planning to kill himB. ready to commit suicideC. keeping a secretD. nuttier than a fruitcake

4. The last night of the story, the gothic nature of the story is enhanced by:A. a blizzardB. high humidityC. a tempestD. a hurricane

5. The narrator notes that his own demeanor has become increasingly more A. depressedB. agitatedC. joyousD. obsessive-compulsive

6. Where are the narrator’s rooms?A. near the kitchenB. next to Usher’sC. over the vaultD. in the garret

7. The narrator, who for the first time is unable to sleep, begins to pace in his rooms when he hears:A. Usher’s footstepsB. demons chantingC. cats fightingD. moans

8. The narrator goes to Usher’s rooms and tries to calm him down by reading a story which focuses on:A. JeffersonB. MerlinC. PoeD. Ethelred

9. The story the narrator reads is eerie because it mirrorsA. Usher’s & the narrator’s friendship.B. “The Haunted Palace” poemC. the events occurring at that very moment in the houseD. the French Revolution

10. What eventually happens to the house?A. burns to the groundB. disintegratesC. swallowed by the tarnD. vanishes into thin air

11. What happens to the narrator at the end of the story?

A. he slays the incubusB. he dies in the fireC. he is killed by MadelineD. he escapes

12. Which word would you use to describe your brother’s relationship with a girlfriend with whom he constantly fights and then makes up?A. wanB. tempestuousC. anomalousD. rendablee

13. If you were to scold or criticize someone you would

them.

A. profuseB. asunderC. upbraidD. prostrate

14. In a situation where you might say, “the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife,” you could also say, “the tension was almost

.”

A. vivaciousB. palpableC. equivocalD. prodigious