English 10A Quiz Edgar Allan Poe

When does the poem take place?

• June
• February
• December 
• Halloween

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What is the narrator of the poem doing when the poem starts?

• napping 
• eating
• playing chess
• singing

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"While I nodded, nearly napping…" is an example of which sound device

• Onomatopoeia
• alliteration 
• rhyme
• repetition

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As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door

• repetition
• rhyme
• alliteration
• suspense

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The conflict described in The Raven is . . .

• the speaker is going crazy

• the speaker hopes to speak to Lenore's ghost

• the speaker is dreaming

• the speaker misses his dead lover

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What is the BIG QUESTION (theme) for this poem?

• How do people handle loss?
• Why do people dream?
• What does it take to be a survivor?
• What are you willing to sacrifice?

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What is the narrator doing when he first hears the "tapping?"

• He is asleep in his bed.
• He is reading in his study.
• He is writing poetry.
• He is eating his dinner

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When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door," who did he think was outside?

• The raven
• Pluto
• Some late night visitor
• His neighbor

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What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" for whom the author mourns?

• Annabell
• Pluto
• Lydia
• Lenore

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Which character was invited to visit Roderick Usher?

• The Narrator

• Madeline Usher

• Ethelred

• The King

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