Lesson 7 quiz (Eng9)

Which word below means to be calm and peaceful?

• ominous

• beguile

• placid

• countenance

• tempest

Which word means to be deceptively charming?

• countenance

• tempest

• placid

• beguile

Which word below means that something bad or unpleasant is about to happen?

• tempest

• beguile

• ominous

• countenance

• placid

Which word below means violently windy weather?

• beguile

• countenance

• ominous

• tempest

• placid

Which word means a person's face or facial expression?

• placid

• countenance

• beguile

• ominous

Which of the following best explains the relationship between the speaker and Lenore?

• Lenore was the speaker's girlfriend but she broke up with him.

• Lenore was the speaker's lover but she recently died.

• Lenore is the speaker's friend whom the speaker is currently in love with.

• Lenore and the speaker are enemies and believe she has cursed him.

Which phrase from the poem best supports the relationship between the speaker and Lenore?

• "maiden whom the angels name Lenore — / Nameless here for evermore" (Lines 11-12)

• "the rare and radiant maiden" (Line 11)

• "respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore" (Line 82)

• "vainly I had sought to borrow / From my books surcease of sorrow" (Lines 9-10)

What does the speaker see when he opens the chamber door?

• nothing (darkness)

• a cat

• a ghost

• the raven

Which quote below is the best example of the supernatural atmosphere (or mood) of the poem?

• “Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door; / Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking / Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — ”(Lines 68-70)

• “Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he; / But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door — ” (Lines 39-40

• “Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, / Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.” (Lines 31-32)

• “And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting / On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; / And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming, / And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor (Lines 103-106).

What fills the speaker's heart with terror in the third stanza?

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  the sound of knocking

  
  

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  the darkness

  
  

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  wind blowing the curtains

  
  

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  his beating heart