The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

What is the setting of the poem?

• in the future during a mid-summer night

• in the present on an August evening

• in the past on a December evening

• in the past during a mid-summer night

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How does the speaker feel?

• anxious to hear good news

• upset over the loss of Lenore

• Angry because its raining

• sad over the loss of a pet

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What scared the speaker in the beginning of the poem?

• The sound of the phone ringing

• the sound of a bird chirping

• the movement of the window shade

• the movement of the purple curtain

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What point of view is The Raven told in?

• 1st person

• 3rd person objective

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

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Where does the raven perch after the door is open?

• On the windowsill

• On the back porch

• On the bust of Pallas

• On the book of poems

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What question is most important to the speaker?

• Why did the raven arrive?

• Will he ever see Lenore again?

• Will the raven stay all night?

• Will he marry again?

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What is the tone of the poem?

• sad

• happy

• optimistic and dangerous

• melancholy and mysterious

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Since Lenore represents Poe's wife, the poem is considered-

• A flashback

• Foreshadowing

• A cliffhanger

• Allegorical (a symbolic representation)

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"Perched upon a bust of Pallas"

• Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and War

• Belle, from beauty and the beast

• Julie,t from Romeo and Juliet

• Penelope, from the Odyssey

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What is "Plutonian Shore?

• It separates the land of the living and the land of the dead

• It is where the speaker took his wife for vacation

• It separates the intellects from the ordinary man

• It is the path the speaker is taking

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