"The Raven"

At first, the speaker thinks the noise he hears is —

• his enemy stalking him
• the wind blowing the door open
• someone at the door
• his friends playing tricks on him

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the time and year of the events?

• Midnight in December
• An afternoon at the end of October
• Noon in July
• An early April morning

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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

Readers can infer from the poem's conclusion that the speaker will

• die soon
• never escape his despair
• be reunited with Lenore
• make his sorrow the subject of a great poem

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

The speaker can best be described as a —

• lonely, elderly man longing for visitors
• magician conjuring up evil spirits
• poet seeking inspiration for a new work
• melancholy person trying to forget a great tragedy

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

In which quotation below are the underlined words an example of sound effects created by alliteration?

• “What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore / Meant in croaking ‘Nevermore.’”
• “Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! / Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!”
• “Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, / Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.”
• “On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore— / Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!”

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The speaker tells the raven to leave because the bird

• says that the speaker will never see Lenore again

• tells the speaker that he will die very soon

• speaks about the ruler of the underworld

• tries to push the speaker out of the room

The repetition of “still is sitting” in the last stanza helps you infer that the speaker

• resents the raven’s presence in the room

• thinks the raven is a sign from heaven

• has grown friendly with the raven

• wonders if the raven will speak again

Where is the raven at the end of the poem?

• outside the speaker’s house in a storm

• on the bust above the speaker’s door

• near the speaker’s velvet chair

• ashore on a deserted island

You can make the inference that the speaker hates the raven because the speaker

• says the raven really is the devil

• builds a trap to capture the bird

• leaves the room and never comes back

• blames the bird for his loss of hope

What happens when the author opens the door?

• the raven flies in
• Lenore appears
• his mother comes in
• he sees only darkness

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10