The Fall of the House of Usher Quizzes

The Fall of the House of Usher Quiz 1

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1 "Son coeur est un luth suspendu" means:

His heart is a hanging lute.

His mind is a lute that has stopped playing.

His heart is a lute that has stopped playing.

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

It lies entirely in the direct line of descent.

Every member has gone insane.

It possesses royal blood.

It is originally from Romania.
3 "Shaking off from my spirit what must have been a dream, I scanned more narrowly the real aspect of

the vault."

Madeline's face."

Usher's face."

the building."
4 Why does the House of Usher remind the Narrator of "old wood-work"?

It is brown in color.

It is in crumbling condition and yet remarkably stable.

It is remarkably delicate in the flourishes of its architecture.

It is many centuries old.
5 "I rode over a short [ ] to the house."

hill

road

causeway

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

work of charity"

enduring branch"

lasting seed"

deep roots"
7 What drug does Usher's condition remind the Narrator of?

marijuana

opium

snuff

acid
8 "During the whole of a

dark and stormy night"

dreary afternoon"

dull, dark, and soundless day"

feverish and cloudy evening"
9 How do Usher and the Narrator know one another?

They are brothers.

They have never met.

They met during the war.

They were boyhood friends.
10 What is the name of the one woman in the story?

Ligeia

Nancy

Madeline

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

They are siblings.

They are married.

No relation.

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

The Palace on the Hill

The Haunted Palace

The Haunted House

The Fallen Ruler
13 "In the monarch [ ]'s dominion"

Porphyrogene

Ethelred

Thought

Usher
14 What does porphyrogene mean?

beautiful

stricken with a fatal disease

of royal birth

insane
15 What happens in Usher's poem?

A knight fights a dragon.

A palace is invaded by evil.

A woman is buried alive.

An evil palace is saved by good forces.
16 What instrument does Usher play?

a guitar

a violin

a lute

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

aversion to sunlight

insomnia

acuteness of the senses

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

Ethelred

Siegfried

Arthur
20 Who is the villain of the book?

A ghost

A dragon

Grendel

A witch
21 To whom is the book attributed?

Sir Launcelot Canning

Sir Laurence Olivier

Sir Deldemore Fahn

Sir Edmund de Mornay
22 Define "prolixity":

proximity

long-windedness

speed

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

To find the Holy Grail.

To find his lost loved one.

To save his village.

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

tremulous

resounding

doughty

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

music

transmutation

sentience

ghosts

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