Word Choice and The 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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What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" for whom the author mourns?

• Annabell
• Pluto
• Lydia
• Lenore

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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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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 is the only word that the raven utters?

• Lenore
• Quoth
• Nothing
• Nevermore

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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

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What does the Raven symbolize in this poem?

• The speaker's grief and lonliness
• The evil that haunts him
• The love that he had for Lenore
• Nature and how it affects human emotions

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How does the speaker feel about the bird near the end of the poem?

• Enraged

• Cheerful

• Sad but relieved

• Comfortable with his future

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