The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Authored by Anita Sablan
English
11th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on Edgar Allan Poe's classic narrative poem "The Raven," targeting high school students in grades 11-12. The assessment covers comprehensive literary analysis skills including plot comprehension, character analysis, literary devices, symbolism, and thematic interpretation. Students demonstrate their understanding of Poe's masterful use of sound devices such as alliteration, repetition, and rhyme, while also analyzing the poem's dark, melancholic tone and Gothic atmosphere. The questions require students to identify key details like the midnight December setting, the narrator's grief over his lost love Lenore, and the raven's symbolic representation of despair and finality. Advanced analytical skills are tested through questions about the narrator's psychological deterioration, the poem's exploration of loss and mourning, and Poe's biographical connections to themes of death and abandonment. Students must recognize how Poe builds narrative tension through punctuation choices, sound effects, and the raven's ominous repetition of "Nevermore." Created by Anita Sablan, an English teacher in MP who teaches grades 11-12. This comprehensive assessment serves multiple instructional purposes in the high school English classroom, functioning effectively as a summative assessment following close reading and discussion of the poem, or as a review tool before unit exams on American Romantic literature. The quiz works well for homework assignments that reinforce classroom analysis, formative assessment to gauge student comprehension during the unit, or as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before deeper literary discussions. Teachers can use individual questions to spark classroom debates about symbolism and theme, while the sound device questions provide excellent practice for students preparing for AP Literature examinations. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards RL.11-12.1 (citing textual evidence), RL.11-12.2 (determining themes), RL.11-12.4 (analyzing word choice and tone), and RL.11-12.5 (analyzing how author's choices create meaning and aesthetic impact).
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the time and year of the events?
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CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The speaker can best be described as a —
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CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In which quotation below are the underlined words an example of sound effects created by alliteration?
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CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What word does the raven repeat?
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CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Where does the raven perch when he comes into the house?
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CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door" is an example of which sound device
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CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"While I nodded, nearly napping…" is an example of which sound device
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CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
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