Raven

What time does the poem take place?

• Midnight

• 10:00 pm

• Noon

• Dawn

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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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In what month does this poem take place?

• September

• October

• November

• December

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In stanza three after the narrator hears the tapping, what filled him with "fantastic terrors never felt before."

• The rustling  purple curtains.

• The creaking floorboard.

• The howling wind.

• A woman screaming.

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Where does the raven perch once he enters the room?

• On a statue of a Greek goddess.

• The door frame.

• On a velvet chair

• The mantle over the fireplace.

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The raven is a symbol of . . .

• Death

• A messenger 

• An omen

• All of these

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The following line is an example of alliteration.

• "Doubting dreaming dreams no one dared to dream before."

• "But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only"

• But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling"

• 'Wrecth,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee-by these angels he hath sent thee.'

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What does the Raven symbolize in this poem?

• The speaker's despair and utter lack of hope

• The evil that haunts him

• The love that he had for Lenore

• Nature and how it affects human emotions

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The narrator describes the raven as "ebony". What does "ebony" mean?

• strange or creepy

• dark black in color

• old

• rainbow colored

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