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The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher
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level one and two questions with literary devices
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1
How does the reader connect Usher family and Roderick's madness?
inbreeding
alone
ancient line
educated
2
What symbolic object was seen through the fissure of the house at the end of the story?
the black raven
lightening
the shape of Roderick and Madeline
a bloodred moon
3
Where was the "mystic vapor" in relation to the house?
in the tarn
about the house
around the roof
in the house
4
The narrator displays his fear of the house with the
metaphor
of:
an overdose of caffeine
an insane asylum
an opium induced stupor
a horrible crime scene
5
The books he read had this in common:
supernatural stories
romances
adventures
same era
6
When isolated with Usher, the narrator:
journaled his experience
plotted his escape
saw his friend was going insane
encouraged Usher to go walk
7
How do we know Madeline was alive when she was buried?
her screams
she attacked Roderick
cataleptical condition
all of the answers
8
The signs of
antiquity
in the house were all
except the following:
giant fissure
bleak walls
minute fungi
crumbling stones
9
Interrogative
questions, "And have you not seen it?" have what purpose?
shows narrator is unaware of Madeline
shows lack of attention to detail
shows craziness in the storm
shows Usher's acute senses
10
"...when I must abandon life and reason together" was said by whom?
Madeline Usher
narrator
Roderick Usher
doctor
11
The peasantry saw the house of Usher as:
personified
scary
both personified and the family itself
the family itself
12
At what moment did the narrator "experienced the full power of [maddening] feelings"?
when he came to the house
a week after burying Madeline
when he left the house
when he buried Madeline
13
What changed in Roderick's features when the story hit a climax?
he was agitated
he bolted out of the room
he shouted out loud
he mumbled and trembled
14
Which of the afflictions
was not
a part of Madeline's sickness?
thinning of body
cataleptical seizures
apathy
shouting out
15
What was the narrator's name?
Philip
Roderick
nameless
Bristol
16
What foreshadowing features told that Madeline was alive?
open eyes
youthful look
blush on cheeks
rigid body
17
When it stated, "His voice varied rapidly from a
tremulous indecision...
" it means,
both quiet and unsure
unsure
quiet
loud
18
"Long - long - long, many minutes, many hours, many days..." shows...
all of the above
anaphora
alliteration
repetition
19
What parallel event was being read, while Madeline was making her way out of the tomb?
Sir Tryst was galloping towards the castle
Ethelred broke through the wooden door of the hermit
Lancelot found the Holy Grail
The dragon escaped
20
How did we know Roderick knew Madeline was alive?
he could see she was breathing
both hearing and turning his chair
he turned towards the door expecting her
he heard her in the tomb
21
When he entered the
Gothic
archway, it can be described as:
high and ornate
fancy and deteriorating
humble and plain
crumbling and dark
22
What was the doctor foreshadowing?
sinister motives
abandonment
death
lack of help
23
Which of the following
is not
another definition for
decayed
?
rotted
deteriorated
dried out
decomposed
24
As the narrator reads action and pauses to think about the sounds, this is called:
parenthesis
interrupted sentence
both parenthesis and interrupted sentence
side conversation
25
Which is another term for the word 'sickness' in the story?
melancholy
both malady and disease
malady
disease
26
The way the narrator has a feeling of fear about the house is called:
personification
metaphor
foreshadowing
paradox
27
Where in the house was Madeline buried?
under the narrator's bedroom
both vault and bedroom
the foyer
an old vault
28
What are the parallel between the
Haunted Palace
and
Usher's inspiration?
style
theme
motif
all three
29
Finish the famous opening line, "During the whole of a dull, dark , and soundless ________ in the autumn of the year.."
day
dream
storm
night
30
The room needed a decorator, for it had all of these characteristics:
dark
all of the answers
instruments strewn about
tattered furniture
31
What did Usher expect emotionally from the narrator?
to get him out
solace (rest)
humor
commiserate together
32
What element
most impacted
the narrator's sanity?
the books they read
music and art
the relationship of friendship
time spent with Usher
33
What senses were
hypersensitive
to Roderick?
all of the senses
sight
hearing
touch
34
What was odd about the Usher family?
they were artistic
they were ancient
they were musical
they were inbred
35
Which of the features
was not
a part of the narrator's fear?
eyelike windows
bleak walls
rank sedges
rusting gate
36
What was strange about the lady Madeline's death?
the doctor was nowhere in the burial
it was abrupt
all of the answers
Usher told of it out of the blue
37
The narrator stated, "Such opinions need no comment, and I will make none..." concerning what?
Roderick's connection to the house
the inevitable ending
the terrible land and tarn
Madeline Usher
38
The narrator had an
insufferable
gloom. Define.
strange
interesting
bad
intolerable
39
How did the narrator know Roderick Usher?
his brother
his college friend
his childhood companion
his cousin
40
What activities
were not
a part of the narrator's and Usher's day?
answering riddles
painting
reading stories
playing music