Poe Test Review

How does the Narrator in "The Raven" react when he first sees the raven?

• Curious

• angry

• scared

• uninterested

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What detail about the narrator suggests why he is desperate to talk to raven?

• He is paranoid

• He has no friends

• He was napping

• He likes to read

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

How does Poe use the actions of the narrator to develop the central idea of the play?

• He has the narrator's actions become more and more erratic and illogical

• He has the narrator's actions logical to the situation

• He has the narrator's actions fixated on Lenore

• He has the narrator's actions decrease as the poem goes on

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

By the end of the poem, the word nevermore suggests

• will never be seen again

• will never be sane again

• will never see the raven again

• will never sleep again

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Since the raven is sitting on the bust of Pallas (Athena aka the goddess of wisdom) it might suggest why he thinks

• the bird's words are sarcastic

• that everybodys heard about the bird and bird bird bird bird is the word

• the bird's words have meaning

• the bird's words are limited

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which evidence from the "Tell-Tale Heart" best supports the claim: the narrator's guilt got the better of him.

• "I smiled, -- for what had I to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome"

• "My manner had convinced them. I was singularly at ease."

• "I talked more quickly -- more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased."

• "I... desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot..."

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What connotations does the word vulture have, as in "vulture eye"?

• negative and evil

• ugly and pessimistic

• large and benign

• traitor and death

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

A motif is an image writers use to create visuals for the readers. Which of the following is found in "Tell Tale Heart"?

• vortex

• eye

• premature death

• black animals

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The vulture eye in "The Tell Tale Heart" is thought to be

• the window to the soul

• a symbol of hatred

• the portal to the future

• an indication of time

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Sharply Perceptive

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4