"The Raven" Questions

What time of the day or night does the poem take place?

• Midnight

• twilight

• Noon

• Dawn

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What is the narrator doing when he first hears the "tapping?"

• He is asleep in his bed.
• He is reading in his study.
• He is writing poetry.
• He is eating his dinner

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When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door," who did he think was outside?

• The raven
• Pluto
• Some late night visitor
• His neighbor

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In what month does this poem take place?

• September
• October
• November
• December

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What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" for whom the author mourns?

• Annabell
• Pluto
• Lydia
• Lenore

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What happens when the speaker opens the door?

• He sees a maiden.

• He sees only darkness.

• The bird yells at him

• He sees the neighbor running away.

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The reference to the "Plutonian Shore" is an example of what literary term?

• allusion

• tone

• similie

• alliteration

The following line is an example of alliteration.

• "Doubting dreaming dreams no one dared to dream before."
• "But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only"
• But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling"
• "'Wrecth,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee-by these angels he hath sent thee.'"

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"...someone rapping, rapping at my chamber door," is an example of . . .

• hyperbole

• assonance

• inference

• Clichec

What is the only word that the raven utters?

• Lenore
• Quoth
• Nothing
• Nevermore

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