The Raven Quiz

"The Raven" was written by _________.

• Ms. Juarez

• Stephen King

• Ray Bradbury

• Edgar Allan Poe

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A raven is a ____________.

• Dog

• Man

• Bird

• Room

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What is the setting of this poem?

• During daytime in October

• At midnight in December

• Noon in the Summer

• It does not say

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is the first line of "The Raven"?

• "Nevermore"

• "Once upon a midnight dreary"

• "Lenore"

• "quaint and curious volume"

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

What does the word "chamber" mean?

• Outside

• Thinking

• Chains

• A Room

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is does the speaker think is happening in the first stanza?

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

“‘Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door-

Only this, and nothing more.”

• He thinks someone is dancing.

• He thinks someone is knocking on his door.

• He thinks that someone wants to go to sleep.

• He is singing.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What does the word "pondered" mean?

• Thinking

• Elegant

• Room

• Bird

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

In stanza 2 how is Lenore described?

Ah, distinctly, I remember it was it was in the bleak December,

And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

Eagerly I wished the morrow:-Vainly I had sought to borrow

From my books surcease or sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore-

For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore-

Nameless here for evermore.

• She is not described.

• december, ember, ghost

• lost, radiant, maiden, nameless

• books, sorrow, bleak

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

What can we assume happened to Lenore, based on how she is described throughout the poem?

• Lenore passed away (died).

• Lenore ran away.

• Lenore is playing hide and seek.

• Lenore is at the house.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

How can you describe the mood of this poem? (How does this poem make the reader feel?)

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10