Fall of the House of Usher, excerpt
By Edgar Allan Poe

Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé1 man of the world. A glance, however, at his countenance convinced me of his perfect sincerity. We sat down; and for some moments, while he spoke not, I gazed upon him with a feeling half of pity, half of awe. Surely, man had never before so terribly altered, in so brief a period, as had Roderick Usher! It was with difficulty that I could bring myself to admit the identity of the wan being before me with the companion of my early boyhood. Yet the character of his face had been at all times remarkable. A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid, and luminous beyond comparison; lips somewhat thin and very pallid, but of a surpassingly beautiful curve; a nose of a delicate Hebrew model, but with a breadth of nostril unusual in similar formations; a finely moulded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy; hair of a more than web-like softness and tenuity;—these features, with an inordinate expansion above the regions of the temple, made up altogether a countenance not easily to be forgotten. And now in the mere exaggeration of the prevailing character of these features, and of the expression they were wont to convey, lay so much of change that I doubted to whom I spoke. The now ghastly pallor of the skin, and the now miraculous lustre of the eye, above all things startled and even awed me. The silken hair, too, had been suffered to grow all unheeded, and as, in its wild gossamer texture, it floated rather than fell about the face, I could not, even with effort, connect its Arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity.

In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence—an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy—an excessive nervous agitation. For something of this nature I had indeed been prepared, no less by his letter, than by reminiscences of certain boyish traits, and by conclusions deduced from his peculiar physical conformation and temperament. His action was alternately vivacious and sullen. His voice varied rapidly from a tremulous indecision to that species of energetic concision—that abrupt, weighty, unhurried, and hollow-sounding enunciation—that leaden, self-balanced and perfectly modulated guttural utterance.
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Which words from the text best describe Usher's appearance? (5 points)

Struck with an incoherence
Alternately vivacious and sullen
A want of moral energy
Ghastly pallor of the skin

Answer:

Ghastly pallor of the skin

Explanation:

The narrator states that when he saw Usher, he was startled by his appearance, because in addition to having his hair disheveled and his face down, he presented "Ghastly pallor of the skin" which was one of the main reasons that made the narrator so uncomfortable with what I was seeing. We can see, then, that Usher was not in good health, both mentally and physically.

"Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story written by Edgar Alan Poe and tells how Usher's house was languishing just like him, presenting a terrifying, hideous, evil and uncomfortable atmosphere and appearance.

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8. To creep through the castle without awakening anyone, Macbeth's footsteps must be
a. imperial b. multitudinous c. palpable d. stealthy
9.
As soon as Macbeth commits murder, the weight of his conscience becomes
a. stealthy
b. multitudinous c. palpable d. augmented
10.
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a. Yes
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Read the excerpt from Chapter 4.
Anne of Green Gables

by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla had decided to adopt a boy to help on their farm called Green Gables. When a girl, Anne, arrives, they are surprised. In this excerpt, Anne has just awoken after her first night at Green Gables.

Anne could evidently be smart to some purpose for she was down-stairs in ten minutes’ time, with her clothes neatly on, her hair brushed and braided, her face washed, and a comfortable consciousness pervading her soul that she had fulfilled all Marilla’s requirements. As a matter of fact, however, she had forgotten to turn back the bedclothes.

“I’m pretty hungry this morning,” she announced as she slipped into the chair Marilla placed for her. “The world doesn’t seem such a howling wilderness as it did last night. I’m so glad it’s a sunshiny morning. But I like rainy mornings real well, too. All sorts of mornings are interesting, don’t you think? You don’t know what’s going to happen through the day, and there’s so much scope for imagination. But I’m glad it’s not rainy today because it’s easier to be cheerful and bear up under affliction on a sunshiny day. I feel that I have a good deal to bear up under. It’s all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it’s not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?”

“For pity’s sake hold your tongue,” said Marilla. “You talk entirely too much for a little girl.”

Thereupon Anne held her tongue so obediently and thoroughly that her continued silence made Marilla rather nervous, as if in the presence of something not exactly natural. Matthew also held his tongue,—but this was natural,—so that the meal was a very silent one.

As it progressed Anne became more and more abstracted, eating mechanically, with her big eyes fixed unswervingly and unseeingly on the sky outside the window. This made Marilla more nervous than ever; she had an uncomfortable feeling that while this odd child’s body might be there at the table her spirit was far away in some remote airy cloudland, borne aloft on the wings of imagination. Who would want such a child about the place?

Yet Matthew wished to keep her, of all unaccountable things! Marilla felt that he wanted it just as much this morning as he had the night before, and that he would go on wanting it. That was Matthew’s way—take a whim into his head and cling to it with the most amazing silent persistency—a persistency ten times more potent and effectual in its very silence than if he had talked it out.

When the meal was ended Anne came out of her reverie and offered to wash the dishes.

“Can you wash dishes right?” asked Marilla distrustfully.

“Pretty well. I’m better at looking after children, though. I’ve had so much experience at that. It’s such a pity you haven’t any here for me to look after.”

“I don’t feel as if I wanted any more children to look after than I’ve got at present. You’re problem enough in all conscience. What’s to be done with you I don’t know. Matthew is a most ridiculous man.”

“I think he’s lovely,” said Anne reproachfully. “He is so very sympathetic. He didn’t mind how much I talked—he seemed to like it. I felt that he was a kindred spirit as soon as ever I saw him.”

“You’re both queer enough, if that’s what you mean by kindred spirits,” said Marilla with a sniff. “Yes, you may wash the dishes. Take plenty of hot water, and be sure you dry them well. I’ve got enough to attend to this morning for I’ll have to drive over to White Sands in the afternoon and see Mrs. Spencer. You’ll come with me and we’ll settle what’s to be done with you. After you’ve finished the dishes go up-stairs and make your bed.”

Anne washed the dishes deftly enough, as Marilla who kept a sharp eye on the process, discerned. Later on she made her bed less successfully, for she had never learned the art of wrestling with a feather tick. But it was done somehow and smoothed down; and then Marilla, to get rid of her, told her she might go out-of-doors and amuse herself until dinner time.

Question 1
Part A

What is a theme of Anne of Green Gables?


Some people can find ways to stay positive under any circumstances.

It's easy to adhere to a decision once one has committed to it.

It's difficult to imagine possibilities when life has been hard.

Children should be given the opportunity to express themselves.
Question 2
Part B

Which detail from the story best supports the answer to Part A?


“‘I’m pretty hungry this morning,’ she announced as she slipped into the chair Marilla placed for her.”

“Yet Matthew wished to keep her, of all unaccountable things!”

“‘But I'm glad it’s not rainy today because it’s easier to be cheerful and bear up under affliction on a sunshiny day.’”

“Who would want such a child about the place?”



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I named a poem after you

Thought it would help the healing

Start the stopping

Of all the pain I feel

Its been three years, maybe four

I'm so full of regret, nostalgia, agony

But you've blocked me out and moved on from

All the things you did to me

All the things I did to you

I guess I'm stuck

I blame myself for what I should have said

Would have done

Could have been...better

No words could bring you back into my life

No gestures could overcome the chasm I crafted

No pleading would open your heart to me

No sacrifice can undo my mistakes

I'm hopeful we could reconnect someday

I have no reason to hope

I think it keeps me sane

Helps me cope with the errors I made as a teenager

I threw you away, didn't I?

I run the words "I'm sorry" over my lips

Across the folds of my brain and to my fingers

There's so much depth to those words for me

Yet if they ever reached you they'd never be enough

The more time that passes the more I miss you

I could have saved our friendship years ago

But now you're truly gone

If I tried to contact you I'd be a stalker

Creepy, restraining order worthy

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My words will never reach you.

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because of the expensive antique furniture.
0 It creates an effect of anxiety toward the
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B My favorite chapter in The Secret Garden is The Key to the Garden
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