FALL
OF
THE
House of Usher
Miscellaneous
100

Upon her death, where is Madeline put?

What is the vault? Below the house. A tomb. 

100

Madeline's physical appearance at the end was? 

What was a white robe covered in blood?

100

What does the narrator realize as he spends time with Usher?

What is his mind is getting worse and worse? 

100

Why does the narrator visit The House of Usher?

What is Usher sends him a letter? 

100

What is the capital of Iraq?

Baghdad

200

How Usher dies

What is he was shocked to death?

Fear

Madeline falls on him Any of these work

200

Name two descriptions of the house.

Antique
Covered in fungus
Discolored
Crack down middle

200

From what condition is usher suffering?

What is mental disorder?

200

What does the narrator learn about Roderick and Madeline while burying Madeline? 

What is they are twins?

200
Who was the President during most of World War 2? 

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

300

How does Usher think he will die?

What is of fear? 

300

Describe the weather conditions in the middle of the night as Usher knocks on the narrators door

Storm
Ominous air

Vapers

300

What does Usher say is the cause of the noise that is getting louder and louder?

What is Madeline breaking out of the vault?

300

What does the author note about the Usher family tree?

What is direct line of descent? 

300

What is the largest lake in North America? 

Lake Superior

400

What is Usher sensitive to? 

Touch, hearing, taste, smell (all senses) 

400

What happens to the house as the narrator flees?

What is the house collapses? 

400

Give 3 examples of Roderick’s physical appearance.  

Pale, silk hair, big luminous eyes 

400

What type of music is Usher restricted to?

What is stringed instruments? Or guitar

400

The largest mass execution in US history happened in Minnesota in 1862. Which tribe were the condemned men a part of? 

Dakota

500

The house itself is a symbol of this.

what is the Usher family or the mind?

500

The narrator refers to the house of Usher as the Melancholy House of Usher. Define Melancholy.

What is gloomy or depressing 

500

This literary device is used when the house mirrors Roderick’s mental state.

What is symbolism


500

What elements of Gothic literature are evident in the setting of the story. 

Gloom, a setting of decay, an old mansion, crypts. Poor weather.

500

Who was the first Prime Minister of South Africa after the end of Apartheid? 

Nelson Mandela
600

“...as if the house itself had absorbed the gloom of the surrounding landscape.” is an example of what figurative language

What is a simile

600

“...vacant eye-like windows.” is an example of what figurative language

What is Personification

600

What are the two meanings of the phrase, "The House of Usher"? 

What is the the family or the mansion itself? 

600

What does the narrator see as he approaches the mansion? 

crack or fissure

600

This Malian King had the largest gold supply of any human in history. 

Mansa Musa