first read: comprehension\nidentify the choice that best answers the question.\nwhich of the following is…

first read: comprehension\nidentify the choice that best answers the question.\nwhich of the following is the most accurate description of what happens to madeline usher in \the fall of the house of usher\?\na. she dies, is buried by her brother, but then returns to life to terrorize her brother and the narrator.\nb. she appears to die, is mistakenly entombed, but then revives and forces her way to freedom before dying.\nc. she pretends to die, is taken for dead and is buried, but then emerges from her crypt to destroy the house.\nd. she nearly dies, recovers through a doctors help, but then is thrown into an underground cell by her brother.

first read: comprehension\nidentify the choice that best answers the question.\nwhich of the following is the most accurate description of what happens to madeline usher in \the fall of the house of usher\?\na. she dies, is buried by her brother, but then returns to life to terrorize her brother and the narrator.\nb. she appears to die, is mistakenly entombed, but then revives and forces her way to freedom before dying.\nc. she pretends to die, is taken for dead and is buried, but then emerges from her crypt to destroy the house.\nd. she nearly dies, recovers through a doctors help, but then is thrown into an underground cell by her brother.

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Brief Explanations:

In "The Fall of the House of Usher", Madeline appears to die. Her brother Roderick (in a state of psychological distress) mistakenly entombs her. Later, she revives (due to being prematurely buried) and forces her way out (breaking free from the tomb). She then reaches Roderick (the narrator is also present) and dies in front of them (the exertion of escaping the tomb leads to her actual death). Option A is incorrect as she doesn't "return to life" in a supernatural - terrorizing way (it's a case of premature burial and subsequent revival due to being alive all along in a cataleptic state). Option C is wrong because there's no indication she "pretends" to die. Option D is incorrect as there's no doctor's help involved in her recovery - like situation (it's her natural revival from the cataleptic state).

Answer:

B. She appears to die, is mistakenly entombed, but then revives and forces her way to freedom before dying.