Characters
Plot
Setting
Theme
Poe Facts
100
Define the word character
The people in the story
100
What does the narrator receive from Usher, asking him to come visit?
A letter
100
Define the word setting
When and where the story takes place
100
Why does the narrator decide to visit Usher?
He is a loyal friend
100

What job did Poe's parents have?

What are traveling actors or carnies

200
Who are the three main characters?
Usher, Madeline, the narrator
200
What does Usher tell the narrator is wrong with him?
A "mental disease".
200
What is the setting of the story? (must include when and where)
In a strange old house long ago.
200
When was the last time Usher left the mansion?
Many years ago
200

What is the name of the disease both Poe's mother and wife died of?

What is tuberculosis 

300
Describe Usher's physical appearance (how does he look?) when the narrator first enters the house
large watery eyes pale lips pale skin wild hair nervous
300

The metal that the door to Madeline Usher's vault/resting place is made of.  

What is copper?

300
Describe the outside of the house
decay, walls crumbling and cracked, rotting trees, moat with sluggish water
300
Isolating yourself from the world can cause _______ ________.
Mental problems
300

Where did Poe attend college?

What is the University of Virginia 

400

Briefly met on the staircase upon the narrator’s arrival, this unnamed figure is described as having a sinister, sly expression.

Who is the family physician (or doctor)?

400
How did Usher respond to all the noises the narrator heard during the storm?
sickly smiling, talking to himself, ignoring the narrator
400
Describe the inside of the old mansion
dark, furniture in tatters, blood red draperies,
400
The narrator helps Usher __________ ____________ even through he is scared.
bury Madeline
400

What are two of the theories on how Poe died?

What are... rabies, robbed, drugged, or died of alcohol poisoning 

500

 The hero of the medieval story The Mad Trist, whose actions in the book mirror the terrifying sounds happening inside the house.

Who is Sir Launcelot Canning (or Ethelred)?

500
What color was the moon at the end of the story?
Blood red
500
What clues in the story prove the story takes place a long time ago?
Answers will vary Arriving by horse, candles instead of electricity, sending letters.
500

In this story the House of Usher is a home but it is also a symbol. What might it stand for?

What is the falling/failing of the aristocracy? 

500

The name of the young cousin Poe married in 1836, who tragically died of tuberculosis at age 24.

Who is Virginia (Clemm)?

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