The Haunted Palace

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1. "In the greenest of our valleys" there was a palace. What tenants of the palace are mentioned at the beginning of the poem? Prince Prospero and Trippetta horses of magnificent breed lurking shadows good angels

2. "Never seraph spread a pinion Over fabric half so fair!" What is a seraph and a pinion? a king and his court an angel and a wing a witch and a spell a demon and a curse

3. What type of banners flew on the roof of the palace? yellow all of these glorious golden

4. What would wanderers in the valley see, if they looked through the windows of the palace? an ancient king in robes of crimson forbidden rituals of sacrifice children missing from the village spirits moving to the music of a lute

5. Whose duty was it to sing for the king? the kidnapped children a troop of echoes a band of minstrels a family of lost souls who once inhabited the palace

6. What "assailed the monarch's high estate"? evil things in robes of sorrow demons, glowing fierce and brightly villagers in motley dress a witches coven in robes of woe

7. What color did the windows of the palace turn, after the invasion? red desolate grey black frosted white

8. What presently inhabits the palace? spirits, dancing to an endless tune the horrible remnants of decay the nothingness of lost eons vast forms, that move fantastically

9. The last two lines are my favorite. They are... "The palace, once so rare and stately/Entranced by ghouls, forevermore." "The castle stood for untold years/But finally gave up hope for fears." "A hideous throng rush out forever/And laugh-but smile no more." "So evil reigned to end of time/Much like an angel's awful mime."

10. This may be tough, admittedly. Which Poe story includes the poem, "The Haunted Palace"? "The Fall of the House of Usher" "The Cask of Amontillado" "The Black Cat" "William Wilson"