The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

What is the setting of the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe?

• On a bright summer day

• In a chamber during a stormy night

• During a bleak December

• In a forest at twilight

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What does the narrator initially think is causing the tapping at his chamber door?

• A visitor

• A raven

• A ghost

• The wind

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What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" whom the angels name?

• Helen

• Beatrice

• Lenore

• Annabel

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What word does the narrator whisper into the darkness?

• Nevermore

• Darkness

• Lenore

• Silence

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What happens when the. narrator first opens the door to the tapping?

• He finds a raven

• He sees a ghost

• He is greeted by a visitor

• He finds darkness and nothing more

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What creature enters the narrator's chamber?

• A dove

• A raven

• A sparrow

• A bat

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What is the only word that the Raven speaks in the poem?

• Lenore

• Disaster

• Nevermore

• Hope

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According to the poem, what is the Raven sitting on?

• A chamber door

• A cushioned seat

• A placid bust

• A tufted floor

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What does the speaker initially think the Raven's "Nevermore" means?

• A curse

• A prophecy

• A meaningless utterance

• A greeting

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Who is the author of "The Raven"?

• Edgar Allan Poe

• William Shakespeare

• Emily Dickinson

• Robert Frost

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