'The Raven' Comprehension Quiz

When does this poem take place?

• an evening in January

• a dreary December night

• in the narrator's library

• a bleak fall night

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Who/what is at the narrator's door?

• a demon

• Lenore

• a raven

• nothing

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What is the tone of 'The Raven' text?

• cheerful

• painful

• humorous

• lonely

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What does the raven not represent?

• death

• sorrow

• fear

• angels

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The narrator of 'The Raven' is upset because...

• it is very late and he just wants to go to bed.

• his wife died and the raven is taunting him.

• the raven interrupted his reading time.

• the raven only says one word.

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CCSS.RL.7.5

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Why does the narrator want answers from the raven?

• He thinks that the raven will tell him what happened to Lenore's soul.

• He thinks that the raven is an angel sent from heaven.

• He thinks that the raven in here to kill him.

• He wants the raven to tell him what the afterlife is like.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

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What is the Night's Plutonian Shore?

• A popular beach in England

• The gateway to the Underworld

• The stairway to heaven

• A well-known folktale of the time period

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What is the only word that the raven says?

• Forevermore

• Never

• Nevermore

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What happened to the narrator at the end of the poem?

• He found out what happened to Lenore.

• He finally got to finish the book that he was reading at the beginning.

• He got the raven to leave his house.

• He is still being watched and tormented by the raven.

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CCSS.RL.7.5

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