"The Raven" (First Half)

When do the events of the poem take place?

• Midnight in December
• An afternoon at the end of October
• Noon in July
• An early April morning

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The speaker can best be described as a —

• lonely, elderly man longing for visitors
• magician conjuring up evil spirits
• poet seeking inspiration for a new work
• sorrowful person trying to forget a great tragedy

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In which quotation below are the underlined words an example of sound effects created by alliteration?

• “While I nodded, nearly, napping suddenly there came a tapping..."

• “Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! / Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!”
• “Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, / Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.”
• “On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore— / Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!”

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What happens when the speaker opens the door?

• the raven flies in
• Lenore appears
• his mother comes in
• he sees only darkness

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What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" who the author pines for?

• Lenore

• Lenna
• Lydia
• Loralei

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What happened to Lenore?

• She broke up with the narrator
• She moved away 
• She died
• She is missing

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Where does the raven perch when he comes into the house?

• on top of a lamp

• the mantle above the fireplace

• a bust of Pallas above the chamber door

• on the bookcase

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What does the Raven symbolize in this poem?

• The speaker's grief and loneliness

• The evil that haunts him
• The love that he had for Lenore
• Nature and how it affects human emotions

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Tone is how the speaker feels. What are three words from the 1st stanza that help establish the tone (how the speaker feels)?

• napping, tapping, rapping

• midnight, pondered, muttered

• dreary, weak, weary

• All of the above

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What did the Raven say when asked for its name?

• Nevermore

• Lenore

• Gilead

• Aidenn

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