The Raven by E.A.Poe Practice Quiz

Which of the following best describes a central theme of the text?

• Loss and grief can have powerful effects on the mind.

• The supernatural is proof that death is not the end.

• Fear is only a state of mind, and cannot significantly harm anyone.

• Evil deeds will always come back to haunt us.

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

• melancholy person trying to forget a great tragedy

This is a reference to Pluto, the god of the underworld.

• Night's Plutonian Shore
• Seraphim 
• Nepenthe
• Bust of Pallas

This is a reference to Athena, the goddess of wisdom.

• Night's Plutonian Shore
• Seraphim 
• Nepenthe
• Bust of Pallas

The time setting or when of the poem is...

• midnight in December

• noon in July

• midnight in August

• noon in December

The speaker had been reading myth stories or...

• Aidenn

• tempest

• seraphim

• lore

The speaker is about to nap or nod off when he hears...

• tapping on his door

• a raven talking

• a visitor's voice

• wind from a storm

The speaker thinks that the tapping he hears on the door is...

• Lenore

• a raven

• a visitor

• an angel

The speaker's sorrow or sadness was caused by the death of...

• his pet raven

• his love Lenore

• his mother

• his friend

When the speaker opened his chamber door, he saw...

• Lenore

• a raven

• nothing/darkness

• angels