Question 1

How does the setting impact the reader's mood at the beginning of the story?

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The narrator's sorrow when he approaches the gloom and dark house also makes the reader feel the impending doom.

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The reader feels the narrator's excitement to visit his friend despite the gloomy, isolated house.

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The reader shares the same joy that the narrator feels in meeting his old friend.

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The reader feels the narrator's worry over Roderick's sick sister.

Question 2

Why is the flashback "letter" scene important to the plot?

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The narrator reveals that his friend Roderick is ill, both physically and mentally.

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The narrator reveals that his friend Roderick is in a good mood despite his illness.

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The narrator reveals how the Usher mansion used to be a joyful place.

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The narrator learns that Roderick's twin sister is ill too.

Question 3

What is Poe trying to teach the reader about how setting affects character?

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Dark, dreary, isolated places affect a person's stability and mental health.

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A setting is only as dreary as the person perceives it.

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Setting has no effect on a how a person behaves.

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A home is happy if the people in it are happy.

Question 4

What news does Roderick share with the narrator that adds tension to the plot?

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Rodericks's sister, Madeline, is extremely ill with seizures.

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The Usher home makes them feel safe during their illness.

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The house is falling apart because he and Madeline are not capable of caring for it.

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Madeline, Roderick's sister, is exhausted from taking care of him.

Question 5

Which of the following quotes best reveals Roderick's nervous, agitated state?

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"Most of all I fear...not danger...but the slightest thing which will upset my soul!""For

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"On a staircase we met the family doctor. I did not like his look of fear."

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"For several days I tried to make my friend happy again."

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"We were twins. Each of us knew what the other was thinking."

Question 6

What is contributing to Roderick's fear and distressed mental state?

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He and Madeline are the last of the bloodline; the Usher family with die out with them.

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He does not like being around Madeline.

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He is worried about the cleanliness and safety of the mansion.

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He is upset that his friend has arrived amongst all of the illness.

Question 7

What inference can the reader make about Roderick's worry over the end of the Usher bloodline?

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The Usher family was one rich, respected, and well-known, but their name will no longer live on.

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The Usher family has always been close.

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Members of the Usher family have been sick for generations.

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The Usher family has always been large.

Question 8

What inference can be made about how the setting has affected the Usher family?

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The house has isolated the family from outside contact, making it difficult for them to form relationships with others and to marry.

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The isolation of the house helps the narrator cheer up Roderick.

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The isolation of the house will make it easier for Roderick and Madeline to heal.

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The house has provided the family with a safe haven from the outside world.

Question 9

Where are Madeline's remains stored?

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<P>Cellar</P>

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Her bedroom

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The library

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The living room

Question 10

The creepy mood intensifies after Madeline's death when...

Accepted Answer

the scraping and banging noises from the cellar indicate they have entombed her alive.

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Roderick's mental state improves because he is no longer worried about his sister.

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the house starts to act as if it has a mind of its own.

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Roderick continues to suffer in pain as a result of his sister's death.

Question 11

Which line foreshadows Madeline has been entombed alive?

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"Looking upon her face for the last time, I noted she seem almost alive. People with her illness, often looked like that even after death."

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"The sight could well have been the last I saw of her, for that night the illness forced her to bed."

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"I want to keep her body for two weeks in one of the vaults below the house. Later I will bury her in the family graveyard,"

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"We were twins. Each of us always knew what the other was thinking."

Question 12

What inference can one make from the following textual evidence?: Roderick's and the narrator's torches went out because of so little air in the cellar, and the iron door covering the cellar locks tight.

Accepted Answer

Madeline will suffocate in the cellar and physically hurt herself in trying to get out.

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Madeline's body will be safe and preserved in the cellar.

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The cellar is the gloomiest part of the house ands to the mood of fear and isolation.

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The cellar is a peaceful resting place.

Question 13

What is the double meaning of the last line?: "And finally the pool at my feet closed over the remains of the House of Usher."

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The house is gone as well as all trace of the Usher family.

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The house and the pool are the only remaining evidence that the family existed.

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Both halves of the house have sunk into the pool to be covered by water.

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The house is gone, but at least the family remains.

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