The Oval Portrait

The Oval Portrait

7th Grade

9 Qs

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The Oval Portrait

The Oval Portrait

Assessment

Quiz

English

7th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RL.6.4, RI.7.1, RL.6.6

+26

Standards-aligned

Created by

Leslie Lopez

Used 5+ times

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The story is told from which of the following point of views?

1st person from the POV of Poe himself.

1st person from the POV of the painter.

3rd person from the POV of an omniscient narrator.

3rd person from the POV of Pedro

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Based on the details in the story, what was happening to the wife that ultimately led to her death?

The painter was literally 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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What does the narrator find so interesting about the oval portrait?
How life-like it is
The frame in which it seen in
The pose of the woman
All of these options

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which option best describes the painter?
He is a crazed, obsessive man who cares about his art more than anything
He is a caring gentleman who loves his wife
He is an egotistic workaholic
He is a quiet, simple man

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The woman hated her husband's work...

because it was the only thing that kept him away from her.

because the paintings were horrible.

because she was jealous of it.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

9.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When the painter finished the portrait...

he discovered the woman was not made of paint.

he destroyed the portrait.

he turned and looked at his wife, she was dead.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1