Fall of the House of Usher

Basics

100

Who is telling the story

The narrator

200

What is Usher's first name?

Roderick

300

If Usher has family still alive, what is their relation to him?

Sister.

400

Why does Usher invite his friend to visit?

He is sick.

500

Where did Usher keep his still living family member?

Underground crypt or underground cell

Vocabulary

100

To destroy completely

annihilate

200

To break into two or more pieces

rending

300

closing down or dismissal

dissolution

400

Extremely loud noise

Tumultuous 

500

A long narrow crack.

Fissure.

Gothic Literature

100

Where does the story take place?

The House of Usher

200

Cautious and agitated best describes who's state of mind? 

Roderick Usher or Usher

300

Dreary, broken, dilapidated, gloomy, Gothic are words the narrator could use to describe what?

The house or where Usher lived

400

Who wrote "The Fall of the House of Usher"? Full name.

Edgar Allen Poe

500

Something too perfect for this world would be considered

Ethereal

Inside the House

100

True or False: Madeline Usher pretends to die, is buried, and comes back to the house to destroy it.

False

200

What word would be used to describe the imposing height of the ceilings in the House?

Lofty

300

The narrator goes to visit Usher after advising the reader that Usher's letter "admitted no less than a __________________________".

personal reply

400

True or False: the death of Usher's remaining family member is what Usher confesses is his biggest fear.

False

500

What secret does the narrator discover happened to Usher's remaining family member towards the end of the story?

Madeline was kept in the crypt; buried alive