The Raven Introduction

The Raven is told from which point of view?

• 1st person

• 3rd person objective

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

What question is most important to the narrator?

• Is there any way to remove his grief?

• Will he ever see Lenore again?

• Will the raven stay all night?

• Will he ever see a rainbow unicorn?

What words use alliteration to create rhythm in lines 14–15?

• “thrilled me,” “filled me”

• “fantastic,” “terrors,” “never”

• “filled,” “fantastic,” “felt”

• “beating,” “repeating”

The raven enters the speaker’s room and sits on

• a bust of a Greek goddess

• the edge of the door

• the arm of the chair

• a purple curtain

What inference can you make about the speaker’s current state of mind from the references to the evening as “Plutonian”?

• He worries that the raven is sick.

• He is confused by the raven’s answers.

• He is preoccupied with death and ghosts.

• He fears that Lenore is held captive.

What does the speaker imagine after the raven first speaks?   A.     B.     C.   D. 

• hearing tapping

• seeing Lenore

• drinking deeply

• smelling incense

The speaker tells the raven to leave because the bird

• says that the speaker will never see Lenore again 

•  tells the speaker that he will die very soon

• speaks about the ruler of the underworld

• tries to push the speaker out of the room

The repetition of “still is sitting” in the last stanza helps you infer that the speaker

• resents the raven’s presence in the room

• thinks the raven is a sign from heaven

• has grown friendly with the raven

• wonders if the raven will speak again

Where is the raven at the end of the poem?

• outside the speaker’s house in a storm 

• on the bust above the speaker’s door

• near the speaker’s velvet chair

• ashore on a deserted island

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

• Annabelle

• Lydia

• Eleanor

• Lenore