WorksheetsThe Raven
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What time does the poem take place?
a)
Midnight
b)
10:00 pm
c)
Noon
d)
Dawn
2.
What is the narrator doing when he first hears the "tapping?"
a)
He is asleep in his bed.
b)
He is reading in his study.
c)
He is writing poetry.
d)
He is eating his dinner
3.
When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door," who did he think was outside?
a)
The raven
b)
Pluto
c)
Some late night visitor
d)
His neighbor
4.
In what month does this poem take place?
a)
September
b)
October
c)
November
d)
December
5.
What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" for whom the author mourns?
a)
Annabell
b)
Pluto
c)
Lydia
d)
Lenore
6.
In stanza three after the narrator hears the tapping, what filled him with "fantastic terrors never felt before."
a)
The rustling purple curtains.
b)
The creaking floorboard.
c)
The howling wind.
d)
A woman screaming.
7.
What happens when he opens the door?
a)
He sees a maiden.
b)
He sees only darkness.
c)
The bird flies in.
d)
He sees the neighbor running away.
8.
The "Plutonian Shore" is what type of allusion?
a)
Mythological
b)
Literary
c)
Biblical
d)
Historical
9.
The following line is an example of alliteration.
a)
"Doubting dreaming dreams no one dared to dream before."
b)
"But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only"
c)
But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling"
d)
"'Wrecth,' I cried, 'thy God hath lent thee-by these angels he hath sent thee.'"
10.
Attractively unusual or old fashioned
a)
Aidenn
b)
Seraphim
c)
Quaint
d)
Nepenthe
11.
As someone rapping, rapping at my chamber door," is an example of . . .
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Cliche'
12.
What is the only word that the raven utters?
a)
Lenore
b)
Quoth
c)
Nothing
d)
Nevermore
13.
Where does the raven perch once he enters the room?
a)
On a statue of a Greek goddess.
b)
The door frame.
c)
On a velvet chair
d)
The mantle over the fireplace.
14.
A Biblical allusion to something that has healing powers.
a)
Nepenthe
b)
Balm of Gilead
c)
Serahpim
d)
Plutonian
15.
One of the order of angels that stand in the presence of God.
a)
Nepenthe
b)
Seraphim
c)
Aidenn
d)
Lore
16.
After pondering the purpose of this bird what is the next action that the narrator takes?
a)
He shouts at the raven.
b)
He reads to the raven.
c)
He wheels up a chair and sits in front of the raven.
d)
He swings a broom at the raven.
17.
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil, prophet still, if bird or devil!" is an example of . . .
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Alliteration
d)
Hyperbole
18.
"Take thy beak from out my heart!" is an example of. . .
a)
Alliteration
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Idiom
19.
The raven is a symbol of . . .
a)
Death
b)
A messenger
c)
An omen
d)
All of these
20.
. Which of the following statements best expresses the central idea of “The Raven”?
a)
The raven will never leave the chamber.
b)
The narrator will be lost in his grief forever.
c)
The poet will never sleep again.
d)
It is a symbol of madness.
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