The Fall of The Usher Test JESUS CASTANOS Fall of The House of Usher SELECTION TEST PDF

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“The Fall of the House of Usher”

Edgar Allan Poe
Comprehension
DIRECTIONS: Identify the choice that best answers the question.

1. At the beginning of “The Fall of the House of Usher,” what does the
narrator do?
a. He listens to Roderick Usher’s improvisations on the guitar.
b. He travels with Roderick Usher to visit Usher’s family home.
c. He travels to visit Roderick Usher at Usher’s family home.
d. He helps Roderick Usher bury Roderick’s sister Madeline in a vault.
2. Which phrase best describes Usher’s state of mind in “The Fall of the
House of Usher”?
a. cautious and glum
b. dull and depressed
c. suspicious and miserable
d. nervous and agitated
3. In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” what does Usher say is his biggest
fear?
a. being frightened to death
b. being accidentally buried alive
c. the death of his sister Madeline
d. the collapse of his family’s house
4. Which of the following is the most accurate description of what happens to

Madeline Usher in “The Fall of the House of Usher”?
a. She dies, is buried by her brother, but then returns to life to terrorize her
brother and the narrator.
b. She appears to die, is mistakenly entombed, but then revives and forces
her way to freedom before dying.
c. She pretends to die, is taken for dead and is buried, but then
emerges from her crypt to destroy the house.
d. She nearly dies, recovers through a doctor’s help, but then is thrown
into an underground cell by her brother.
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Grade 10 • Unit 1 • SELECTION TEST
“THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER” by Edgar Allan Poe
5. Which is the most accurate description of the ending of the “The Fall of the
House of Usher”?
a. During a storm, the waters of the tarn surrounding the house rise until
the house is submerged.
b. During a storm, the barely perceptible fissure in the façade of the
house widens until the house collapses.
c. During a storm, Roderick Usher madly rushes about striking at the house
until he causes its collapse.
d. During a storm, Roderick and Madeline Usher struggle so madly
that they cause the collapse of the house.
Concept Vocabulary

6. If a storm were to annihilate a building, which of the following would most
likely be the result?
a. The building would have part of its roof torn off.
b. The building would have damage but would remain intact.
c. The building would be reduced to small fragments.
d. The building would be removed from its foundation.
7. Which of the following would most likely be considered an antiquity?

a. a vase from ancient times
b. a rusty piece of jewelry
c. a house built in the 1950s
d. a logbook from a space shuttle
8. Which of the following is the best example of a tumultuous event?

a. a foggy night that hides the moon
b. a drought that causes crops to wither and die
c. a storm so loud that it is hard to hear others speaking
d. a winter night so cold that snow freezes into ice
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Analyze the Text

9. Read the following sentence from “The Fall of the House of Usher,” in
which the narrator explains that he has received a letter from Roderick
Usher.
A letter, however, had lately reached me in a distant part of the
country—a letter from him—which, in its wildly importunate
nature, had admitted of no other than a personal reply.
What is the most likely reason the narrator says the letter “admitted of no
other than a personal reply”? Base your answer on your knowledge of the
story as well as on the sentence.
a. The narrator feels obliged to respond to his friend’s request for a visit
because his friend is clearly upset.
b. The narrator is worried that it will seem rude if he does not answer the
letter in a personal way.
c. The narrator hopes his friend will invite him to stay in the distant part
of the country where his friend lives.
d. The narrator believes that his friend is threatening to harm him if he
does not give the right answer.
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10. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” which details of the house’s
interior seem to reflect Usher’s appearance and the condition of his mind?
a. Usher’s confused behavior is reflected in the broken mirrors.
b. Usher’s self-assurance and noble manner is reflected in its wealth
and splendor.
c. Usher’s advanced age and old-fashioned ways are reflected in the
ancient furnishings.
d. Usher’s physical and mental deterioration is reflected in the gloomy
darkness, lack of comfort, and old, worn-out possessions.
Part B Which excerpt from “The Fall of the House of Usher” best supports
the answer to Part A?
a. The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty.
b. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered.
c. A small picture presented the interior of an immensely long and
rectangular vault or tunnel, with low walls, smooth, white, and without
interruption or device.
d. Our books—the books which, for years, had formed no small portion of
the mental existence of the invalid—were, as might be supposed, in
keeping with this character of phantasm.
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11. The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” which of the following is one
of Roderick Usher’s disturbing ideas?
a. Usher believes that his house has awareness, like a living thing.
b. Usher believes that his house will fall apart, sliding into the tarn.
c. Usher believes that his sister will die, even though she is healthy.
d. Usher believes that the narrator has held a grudge, ever since boyhood.
Part B Which excerpt from the story best supports the answer to Part A?
a. Although, as boys, we had been even intimate associates, yet I really
knew little of my friend. His reserve had been always excessive and
habitual.
b. The belief, however, was connected … with the gray stones of the
home of his forefathers. The conditions of the sentience had been here,
he imagined, fulfilled in the method of collocation of these stones.…
c. “I shall perish:” said [Usher], “I must perish in this deplorable folly.
Thus, thus, and not otherwise, shall I be lost. I dread the events of
the future, not in themselves, but in their results.”
d. [O]ne evening, having informed me abruptly that the lady Madeline was
no more, [Usher] stated his intention of preserving her corpse for a
fortnight.…
12. Which excerpt from “The Fall of the House of Usher” best captures the
story’s overall effect?
a. There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart—an
unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination
could torture into aught of the sublime.
b. Although, as boys, we had been even intimate associates, yet I really
knew little of my friend.
c. Beyond this indication of extensive decay, however, the fabric gave little
token of instability.
d. It had been used, apparently, in remote feudal times, for the worst
purposes of a donjon-keep, and, in later days, as a place of deposit
for powder….
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Name: Date:

“The Fall of the House of Usher”

DIRECTIONS: Identify the choice that best answers the question.

4. Which of the following is the most accurate description of what happens to

DIRECTIONS: Identify the choice that best answers the question.

7. Which of the following would most likely be considered an antiquity?

8. Which of the following is the best example of a tumultuous event?

Analyze the Text

DIRECTIONS: Identify the choice that best answers the question.

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