d from The Fall of the House
of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe
ing a dull, dark, and soundless day in
when the clouds hung oppressively low, I
en passing alone, on horseback, through a
ly dreary tract of country. At length I found
as the shades of the evening drew on,
iew of the melancholy House of Usher. I
ot how it was but, with the first glimpse of
ding, a sense of insufferable gloom
ed my spirit. I looked upon the scene before
on the mere house. upon the vacant
windows, upon a few rank marsh plants.
on a few white trunks of decayed
with an utter depression of soul which I can
re to no earthly sensation. There was an
a sinking, a sickening of the heart-an
Demed dreariness which no goading of the
mation could transform into something
e. What was it, I paused to think, what was it
o unnerved me about the House of Usher?
levertheless, in this mansion of gloom I now
sed to spend several weeks. Its owner,
rick Usher, had been one of my friends in
pod. Many years had passed since we last
A letter, however, had reached me in a distant
of the country-a letter which had required
ng less than a personal reply. Usher's letter
e of illness-of a mental disorder which
essed him-and of an earnest desire to see
as his best and indeed his only personal
d. His desire was that through my cheerfulness
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Select the correct answer.
What conflict might the underlined passage foreshadow?
OA.
B.
The house will undergo a full renovation under the narrator's direction, much to
the owner's dismay.
OC. Roderick will die, leaving the house to the narrator, who will fix it up and sell it for
profit.
The house's "vacant eye-like windows" and the "decayed" landscape will mirror
Roderick's mental state.
D. Roderick will move, leaving his friend in charge of complicated legal matters
regarding its sale.
E.
The gloomy effect of the house will challenge the narrator's attempts to cheer his
friend.
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