1. The Fall of the House of Usher – Quiz A
I. Answer the following questions as completely as possible.
1. How does the narrator know Usher?
2. How does the narrator try to calm Roderick on the night of the storm?
3. From what disease does Madeline suffer?
4. Where do Roderick and the narrator first see Madeline after she breaks out of her
coffin?
5. What happens to the mansion as the narrator flees from it?
6. Who dies in the story?
7. What is a tarn?
8. What two things does the narrator notice about Madeline that is peculiar as she is
lying in her coffin?
9. Why does Roderick Usher want to put his sister in the vault?
10. What does Roderick Usher’s painting resemble?

2. II. Vocabulary - Matching
1. Insipid _______ a. of great size and power
2. Specious _______ b. excessive
3. Demeanor _______ c. seemingly sound, but not really so
4. Inordinate _______ d. obvious; perceivable
5. Profuse _______ e. bland; without flavor
6. Palpable _______ f. behavior; conduct
7. Sojourn _______ g. short stay
8. Emaciated _______ h. unusually thin
9. Scrutinizing _______ i. abundant
10. Prodigious _______ j. carefully observant