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MCAP Grade 10 ELA Practice Questions - Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program English Language Arts - Grade 10 Exam

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Read the excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher': 'During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.' Which mood is predominantly established by the sensory details in this opening sentence?
Correct Answer:
Foreboding and melancholy

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