"The Raven" Comprehension Questions

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.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

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.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.6

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.7.4

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.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

What word does the raven repeat?

• Lenore
• nevermore
• prophet
• eat my shorts

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

When the raven continues to only say "Nevermore", how does the narrator respond?

• accuses the bird of lying
• he kills the bird
• he laughs
• he grows increasingly frustrated

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" who the author pines for?

• Lenora
• Lenna
• Lydia
• Loralei

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

What happened to Lenore?

• She broke up with the narrator
• She moved away 
• She died
• She is missing

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.3

"And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor." 
Is an example of which poetic device?

• Alliteration
• Repetition
• Rhyme
• Imagery

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Where does the raven perch when he comes into the house?

• on top of a lamp

• the mantle above the fireplace

• a bust of Pallas above the chamber door

• on the bookcase

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9