Fall of the House of Usher
What specific phrase did Usher use to describe the ailment he was suffering from?
"A family evil"
The state the family is headed to for vacation.
What is Florida?
The way Porphyria dies...
Strangled with her own blonde hair
The last name of Miss Emily's family
Who are the Griersons?
The murder weapon in the story.
What is a straight razor?
This term used throughout the story means "a small mountain lake"
What is a tarn?
The name of the grandmother's cat.
Who is Pitty Sing?
This means a line of verse that has a period at the end.
What is an End-Stop line
Author of the story
Who is William Faulkner
Where was the missing body found?
Pulled through the chimney
The three sounds that were heard in the house as the story was read to usher at the end
What is the tearing of the planks, the screech of the dragon, and the clang of the shield on the ground.
This kind of literary device is used throughout a southern gothic story to add humor and charcaterization.
What is a simile?
This is a line of verse that carries over into the next line
What is enjambment?
What is Arsenic?
What is the game of draughts known by today?
What is Checkers?
This is what lined the walls of the vaults.
What is copper?
The misfit says that this is the reason he was sent to the penitentiary the first time, though he denies it was true.
What is patricide? (Killing his father.)
This is a pause in the middle of a line of verse.
What is a caesura?
Miss Emily made money providing this service for the community for some time.
What are china painting lessons?
DAILY DOUBLE
Where and in what state was Poe's body found?
He was found in a stranger's clothing in an alley.
This is the name of Roderick's sister.
Who is The Lady Madeline?
What is the horrible thing that the grandmother realized before the car accident?
That the house with the secret panel was not in the state they were in.
This word used by the narrator in The Raven means "cure all"...
What is Nepenthe or Balm of Gilead
Miss Emily's reaction to her father's death.
What is denying it and keeping his corpse for 3 days.
What famous scientific discovery circulated at this time probably most inspired the writing of the story?
What is the theory of evolution - Darwin