The Fall of the House of Usher

What is the overall mood, feeling ,of the play?

• joyful and light

• dark and creepy

• exciting and adventerous

• romantic and dreamy

Consider the line from Scene 3:

Roderick: Oh Charlie, I am as jumpy as a cat.

This line contains a simile that describes Roderick as what?

• curious

• angry

• nervous

• sad

In scene 3, Roderick says, "It's not just that. I can only eat the blandest of food. I can stand only the softest of fabrics against my skin. The smell of flowers makes me ill, and I am tormented by even the faintest of light. What does tormented mean in the sentence?

• embarrassed

• pained

• pleased

• bored

Which pair of words best describes Roderick's reaction to Madeline's death in Scene 4?

• shock and confusion

• relief and peacefulness

• guilt and shame

• distress and sorrow

What detail from Scene 2 helps to create an eerie mood?

• clop-clop, clop-clop

• a sun down stone mansion

• a sickly green vapor hovers

• Whoa there, girl

Which word is most similar to wrench?

• bend

• yank

• push

• twist

The rabbits speed and acute sense of hearing helped it escape the coyote.

What is the meaning of acute in the sentence?

• sharp

• dull

• bad

• okay

A causeway is best described as a road or path that. . .

• twists around something

• crosses over something

• goes under something

• blocks something

If my son's things are strewn all over the room, they are . . .

• organized

• hidden

• scattered

• out in the open

The detail about Madeline's face being flushed was a clue to the reader that . . .

• she had passed

• she was emabarrased

• she was sick

• she was still alive