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The Fall of the House of Usher Review
The Fall of the House of Usher Review
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1
The first pages are used to describe what?
The land
The sky
The tarn
The house
2
Who is Roderick Usher?
The master of the house
A psychic
The doctor
The valet
3
Which group of people uses Gothic Writing?
Realist
Puritan
Transcendentalist
Dark Romantics
4
The narrator spends a lot of time describing the house of Usher to establish what?
The events to come
The mood
The main idea
The setting
5
The doctors know what is wrong with Madeline; they are just too late to cure it.
False
True
6
Roderick's malady is...
Cancer
An acuteness of the senses
An unknown illness
A madness
7
What mythical creature could Roderick and Madeline most likely be?
Werewolves
Zombies
Vampires
Ghost
8
Madeline Usher is....
Roderick's wife
Roderick's twin
Roderick's servant
Roderick's sister
9
The story of Ethelred is most likely which of the following literary devices?
Tone
Mood
Foreshadowing
Setting
10
Roderick does what to Madeline?
Burns her remains.
Buries her alive.
Holds a nice funeral for her.
Takes good care of her.
11
The blood on Madeline's dress represents....
The fact that she was alive and not dead.
The fact that she is good at theatrics.
The fact that she is now a zombie.
The fact that she is a pure soul now stained.
12
Roderick Usher has not left the house in years because of his malady.
True
False
13
Gothic Writing...
Is used by the Transcendentalist.
Examines the possibility of evil in humans.
Uses dark settings.
Is bright and happy.
14
What happens to the House of Usher?
It burns to the ground.
It falls into the tarn.
It falls because of an earthquake.
It looks as if it is laughing.
15
Who is the Narrator?
Not named
Madeline Usher
Roderick Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
16
Gothic writing was a reaction against which group of people?
Realist
Age of Reason Writers
Dark Romantics
Transcendentalist
17
Which of the following activities does the narrator and Roderick
not
participate in?
Painting
Music
Reading
Writing
18
The word "malady" means...
Illness
Disease
Hatred
Confusion
19
The house is a representation for....
The evil inside it
The hope of the future
The failing of the Usher bloodline
The darkness of the settiing
20
What happens to Roderick after Madeline appears?
He falls to the ground dead.
He regains his senses.
He completely loses his mind.
He catches her and kills her.
