PLEASE HELP! FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER QUIZ! 2. Roderick is worried about his mental state. Which sentence from paragraph 3 shows the reader that Roderick is worried about the effect that even something small might have on him, given his mental state? Record the sentence.

3. What is it, exactly, that terrifies Roderick? To answer this question, paraphrase the last 2 sentences of paragraph 3. Then briefly describe Roderick’s fear. You might need to check the meaning of ‘phantasm’.

4. The narrator lists the titles of 5 of Roderick’s books, and reflects on the influence these books have on Roderick. Read what each book is about, below, then describe how the books probably influence Roderick.

• BOOK 1 “Ververt et Chartreuse” by Gresset; 2 poems by a French Jesuit that mock religious life

• BOOK 2 “Belphegor” by Machiavelli; a novel, by the famed Italian writer, in which women’s souls are possessed by the devil

• BOOK 3 “Heaven and Hell” by Swedenborg; a book by a religious philosopher about the nature of life after death

• BOOK 4 “Subterranean Voyage of Nicholas Klimm” by Holberg; one of literature’s first science-fiction novels, about the main character’s experiences in Hell

• BOOK 5 Vigiliæ Mortuorum Secundum Chorum Ecclesiæ Maguntinæ”; a church manual whose Latin title translates to “Vigils of the Dead According to the Use of the Church of Mainz (Mainz is the name of a city).

5. The Lady Madeline dies in this part of the story. Roderick wants to keep her corpse in the house instead of burying her in the family burialground, and he gives 3 reasons for this decision. What are those reasons? Briefly explain each reason in your own words.

Why do you think Roderick User did not want the physician (doctor) to know about Madeline's death? What type of questions do you think the doctor would have asked?

Read the passage from animal farm. one sunday morning squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs. napoleon had accepted, through whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week. the price of these would pay for enough grain and meal to keep the farm going till summer came on and conditions were easier. when the hens heard this, they raised a terrible outcry. they had been warned earlier that this sacrifice might be necessary, but had not believed that it would really happen. they were just getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting, and they protested that to take the eggs away now was murder. for the first time since the expulsion of jones, there was something resembling a rebellion. led by three young black minorca pullets, the hens made a determined effort to thwart napoleon's wishes. their method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs, which smashed to pieces on the floor. napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly. he ordered the hens' rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death. the dogs saw to it that these orders were carried out. for five days the hens held out, then they capitulated and went back to their nesting boxes. nine hens had died in the meantime. their bodies were buried in the orchard, and it was given out that they had died of coccidiosis. whymper heard nothing of this affair, and the eggs were duly delivered, a grocer's van driving up to the farm once a week to take them away. which detail from the passage supports the claim that this is an allegory for the great purge? the hens holding out for five days but capitulating the eggs being delivered to the grocer the protesting hens being intentionally starved coccidiosis spreading on the farm

He now spent his days in his house, from room to room.which verb best completes the sentence?

Read the excerpt from martin luther king jr.’s “i have a dream” speech. the negro is still languishing in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. and so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. the emotional connotation of the underlined word king express his a. indecision. b. hopefulness. c. spirituality. d. outrage.