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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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

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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.

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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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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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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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