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The Fall of the House of Usher
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The Fall of the House of Usher
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Singular
gloomy
energetic
strange
steep
2
solemn
energetic
calm
sad and solemn
strange
3
Poe went into the army to escape numerous debts.
True
False
4
Poe was 40 years old when he died.
False
True
5
Poe made enough money on the "The Raven" to support his family for the rest of their lives.
True
False
6
hysteria
panic
energetic
strange
sickness
7
Tarn
steep
a crack
small lake
sad and serious
8
prodigious
energetic
enormous
fear
strange
9
What types of books do Roderick and the visitors read?
classic novels
magic and mysticism
biographies
fantasy
10
Who narrates the story?
Madeline
the visitor
Edgar Allen Poe
Roderick
11
pervaded
energetic
spread
panic
sickness
12
"If ever mortal painted an idea, that mortal was Roderick Usher." What idea did he paint?
the house falling down
A ghost in the house
the interior of a vault
Madeline and her children
13
It has successfully been proven that Poe died of alcoholism.
True
False
14
How is "The Mad Trist" symbolic in this story?
It discusses a dragon buried alive, like Madeline.
It means a happy ending, but the story, ironically, does end happily.
It mentions a house falling, like the Usher house
It foreshadows Madeline's movement and sounds in the house
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precipitous
panic
steep
sickness
spread
16
Madeline's condition is called
catalepsy
narcolepsy
depression
hypochondria
17
Poe was more than 15 years older than his wife, Virginia.
False
True
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fissure
panic
sickness
calm
a crack
19
trepidation
scold or rebuke
thinks he is always sick
calm
fear
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emaciated
severe
tall and healthy
extremely thin
energetic
21
Edgar Allen Poe was legally adopted by the Poe family?
False
True
22
Which is not some that would bother Roderick Usher?
wool fabric
spicy foods
music from a guitar
bright lights
23
Roderick and the visitor reading and painting together is part of the ...
exposition
climax
falling action
rising action
24
What part of the story is the climax?
Roderick and the visitor bury Madeline.
Madeline's return after her burial.
The house falls into the tarn.
Roderick and Madeline die.
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Why does the visitor come to the house of Usher according to the story?
He wants to buy the house of Usher
He wants to marry Madeline.
He wants to work for Usher.
He received a letter from Usher asking him to visit.
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vivacious
calm
steep
strange
energetic
27
John Allen left Poe nothing in his will
False
True
28
Poe was about 5 years old when he mother died of tuberculosis.
False
True
29
How does the Fall of the House of Usher end?
It catches fire
The house crumbles into a pile of debris and creates an eye sore
It falls in to tarn
Nothing happens and it still stands.
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malady
energetic
calm
panic
sickness
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acute
strange
tiny
sickness
severe
32
What does the visitor discover when helping with Madeline's coffin?
There parents were kept in the vault too
They were twins
There were many Usher children
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upbraided
calm
thinks he is always sick
strange
scold or rebuke
34
hypochondriac
energetic
thinks he is always sick
afraid of dying
fears everything
35
Poe and his wife, Virginia, had a successful marriage, but like some other women in his life she died of Tuberculosis
True
False
36
unruffled
sad and gloomy
steep
happy
calm
37
The song that Usher sings, which is really about his own house , is called....
"The Haunted Palace"
"Sir Lancelot"
"The Tomb"
"The Mad Trist"
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Roderick's death is part of the...
falling action
climax
rising action
resolution
