Lenore

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

• his pet raven

• his love Lenore

• his mother

• his friend

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

• midnight in December

• noon in July

• midnight in August

• noon in December

The first thing the speakers asks the raven to tell him is...

• his name

• who his owner is

• where he came from

• why he is there

The speaker is upset about losing a  

• Book

• Loved One

• Bird

• Statue

To explain the noise at the door the speaker

• concludes that a servant needs help

• guesses that a bird is in the hall

• assumes he has a visitor

• imagines Lenore is speaking

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 is the meaning of the word 'Lenore' in Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'The Raven'?

• A lost love

• A type of bird

• A place

• A feeling of sadness

In the poem 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe, what role does Lenore play?

• The narrator's lost love

• The narrator's sister

• The narrator's friend

• The narrator's pet

Which literary device is used in the line 'For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification