The Fall of the House of Usher Quizzes

The Fall of the House of Usher Quiz 1

By Damien Chazelle · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed August 25, 2006

1 "Son coeur est un luth suspendu" means:

His heart is a lute that has stopped playing.

His mind is a lute that has stopped playing.

His heart is a hanging lute.

His mind is a hanging lute.
2 What is "the remarkable fact" concerning the Usher family?

Every member has gone insane.

It possesses royal blood.

It is originally from Romania.

It lies entirely in the direct line of descent.
3 "Shaking off from my spirit what must have been a dream, I scanned more narrowly the real aspect of

the building."

the vault."

Usher's face."

Madeline's face."
4 Why does the House of Usher remind the Narrator of "old wood-work"?

It is many centuries old.

It is remarkably delicate in the flourishes of its architecture.

It is brown in color.

It is in crumbling condition and yet remarkably stable.
5 "I rode over a short [ ] to the house."

road

bridge

hill

causeway
6 "the Usher race, all time-honored as it was, had put forth, at no period, any

work of charity"

enduring branch"

deep roots"

lasting seed"
7 What drug does Usher's condition remind the Narrator of?

marijuana

opium

acid

snuff
8 "During the whole of a

dark and stormy night"

dull, dark, and soundless day"

feverish and cloudy evening"

dreary afternoon"
9 How do Usher and the Narrator know one another?

They were boyhood friends.

They have never met.

They are brothers.

They met during the war.
10 What is the name of the one woman in the story?

Madeline

Caroline

Ligeia

Nancy
11 What is the woman's relation to Roderick?

They are siblings.

No relation.

They are married.

They are cousins.
12 What is the name of Usher's improvised poem?

The Fallen Ruler

The Palace on the Hill

The Haunted House

The Haunted Palace
13 "In the monarch [ ]'s dominion"

Ethelred

Thought

Porphyrogene

Usher
14 What does porphyrogene mean?

stricken with a fatal disease

of royal birth

insane

beautiful
15 What happens in Usher's poem?

An evil palace is saved by good forces.

A knight fights a dragon.

A woman is buried alive.

A palace is invaded by evil.
16 What instrument does Usher play?

a violin

a piano

a lute

a guitar
17 Which of the following is NOT a symptom of Usher's condition?

insomnia

acuteness of the senses

aversion to sunlight

aversion to most food
18 What is the name of the book the Narrator reads to Usher?

The Mad Trist

The Haunted House

The Folly of Eldorado

The Haunted Palace
19 What is the name of the book's protagonist?

Lancelot

Arthur

Ethelred

Siegfried
20 Who is the villain of the book?

A dragon

Grendel

A ghost

A witch
21 To whom is the book attributed?

Sir Laurence Olivier

Sir Deldemore Fahn

Sir Launcelot Canning

Sir Edmund de Mornay
22 Define "prolixity":

proximity

long-windedness

speed

stench
23 What is the object of the hero's quest?

To save his village.

To find the Holy Grail.

To find his lost loved one.

To get a shield.
24 "who was by nature of a [ ] heart, and who was now mighty withal"

resounding

doughty

tremulous

weak
25 What is the subject of Usher's research?

sentience

music

ghosts

transmutation

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