Raven/Pit

In the Pit and Pendulum, what is the narrator dreading as the the story begins?

• death sentence and torture

• the darkness

• the light

• being set free

Why is he "swooning"?

• He is excited

• the water he drank was drugged

• He hasn't eaten in days

• The heat of the cell

How did the narrator attract the rats to the bindings?

• he called for them

• he didn't attract them

• he put some food on the bindings

• he gathered them himself

What was the painted figure that he saw above him?

• Mother Nature

• the moon

• Father Time

• a butterfly

Who saves the narrator saved at the end of the story?

• General LaSalle and the French Army

• German Army

• General Washington and the American Army

• His father

What is the name of the place where the story is set?

• London,

  England

• Houston,

  Texas

• Mannheim, Germany

• Toledo, Spain

Which quotation from the Raven best supports the idea that the narrator overcame his fear?

• Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,

• So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating

•      Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,

•             Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,

What effect does the Raven have on the narrator is stanzas 17-18? Support your answer with evidence from the poem.

Poe uses the repetition of "nevermore" at the ends of stanzas 8-18 to--

• Reinforce the Raven's disorientation

• demonstrate the Raven's nature

• enhance the Narrator's despair

• highlight the narrator's frustration

True or False, all the Poe characters we've read the last two weeks seem to lose their minds.

• True

• False