The Oval Portrait

What is the setting of "The Oval Portrait"?

• An apartment room in Boston in the 1800's
• A room within a house in the Apennines during the 1800's
• A hotel room in Europe in the 1900's
• Within the mountains of the East Coast, in the 1900's

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What initially happens to the narrator that makes him feel anxious?

• He notices the oval portrait and cannot take his attention off of it

• His driver, Pedro, drops him off and speeds away without saying goodbye

• He closes his eyes after having the sudden urge to do so, even though he has no idea why

• The pictures on the wall look as though they're alive

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Why do you think the painter didn't notice his wife's declining health?

• She never showed any signs of being sick.
• She continuously assured him that she was fine.
• He wasn't around her to notice since he was so busy with his work.
• He was too fixated on creating his painting of her.

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What did Poe write was happening to the wife to make her die?

• The painter was pulling the life out of her and putting it into the painting as he worked.

• The wife had tuberculosis, which eventually killed her.

• She died of exhaustion from having to pose for the painting for so long.

• She passed away from an unknown sickness.

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Which option best describes the painter?

• He is an obsessive man who cares about his art more than anything

• He is a caring gentleman who loves his wife and his art

• He is an egotistic workaholic who wants to become famous

• He is a quiet, simple man struggling to support himself and his wife

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How does the narrator find out about the woman in the oval portrait?

• Pedro tells him about her
• He has heard the story before
• He made up the story-it was all a part of a dream
• He finds a book that gives an explanation of the painting

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Who are the main characters from the story?

• The narrator, the painter, and the woman from the portrait

• The narrator, Mrs. Radcliffe, Pedro, and the woman from the portrait

• The painter and the woman from the portrait

• There were no names used in this story, so therefore there were no characters

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What does the narrator find so interesting about the oval portrait?

• how life-like the girl looks

• how pretty the girl looks

• how happy the girl looks

• how sad the girl looks

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Dark Romanticism is

• a universal message expressed in a work

• literary movement with a focus on the dark side of the human condition

• the attitude created in the reader

• an indirect reference to a historical event, person, book, etc.

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The setting exemplifies Dark Romanticism because

• the chateau is abandoned

• the chateau is richly furnished

• the girl poses in a cold, damp turret

• a violent thunderstorm is occurring

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