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 good angels lurking shadows horses of magnificent breed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"