"The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe Quiz for Google Drive
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Grade Levels
9th - 12th, Homeschool
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Standards
CCSSRL.9-10.1
CCSSRL.9-10.2
CCSSRL.9-10.3
CCSSRL.9-10.10
CCSSRL.11-12.1
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- Google Drive™ folder
Pages
18 pages
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For many high school readers, horror and supernatural fiction are genres that maximize engagement with literature. "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe features elements consistent with both genres: a Gothic mansion, psychological deterioration, heightened emotions, grim imagery, and more. This self-grading quiz covering "The Fall of the House of Usher" helps English teachers promote homework accountability, evaluate reading comprehension, and save time at home without sacrificing quality in the classroom. An answer key and copy of the public domain narrative are included. Materials are made for Google Drive. (Alternatively, a printable option is available.)
Questions pertain to the following key details:
- How the narrator comes upon the House of Usher
- The narrator's descriptions of the House of Usher
- What the narrator means when he refers to "shadowy fancies"
- A characterization of the relationship between the narrator and Roderick
- The content of the letter Roderick wrote the narrator
- What the narrator means when he refers to Roderick's "reserve [which] had always been excessive and habitual.
- The Ushers' ancestry
- A description of the narrator as he first explores the House of Usher
- Roderick's ill appearance
- Madeline's relationship to Roderick
- Madeline's unusual medical condition
- Roderick's ability to play the guitar
- Why Roderick wants to keep Madeline's corpse in the house
- A realization that Roderick and Madeline were twins
- A strange sight through the window
- Peculiar noises
- Roderick's terrible fear regarding Madeline
- Roderick's death
- The narrative's resolution
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Resources are available for a variety of Gothic novels and short stories:
- Dracula by Bram Stoker - Google and printable
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - Google and printable
- "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe - Google and printable
- "The Hound" by H.P. Lovecraft - Google and printable
- "The Monkey’s Paw" by W. W. Jacobs - Google and printable
- "The Outsider" by H.P. Lovecraft - Google and printable
- "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Google and printable
Total Pages
18 pages
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Included
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Last updated Feb 10th, 2019
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Standards
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CCSSRL.9-10.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRL.9-10.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
CCSSRL.9-10.3
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
CCSSRL.9-10.10
By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSSRL.11-12.1
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
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