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Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 27mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following best describes a central theme of the text?

a)

Loss and grief can have powerful effects on the mind.

b)

The supernatural is proof that death is not the end

c)

Fear is only a state of mind, and cannot significantly harm anyone.

d)

Evil deeds will always come back to haunt us.

2.
The speaker is upset about losing a  
a)
Book
b)
Loved One
c)
Bird
d)
Statue
3.
What are 3 words from the 1st stanza that help establish the tone?
a)
dreary, weak, weary
b)
napping, tapping, rapping
c)
quaint, curious and forgotten
d)
midnight, pondered, muttered
4.
"While I nodded, nearly napping…" is an example of which sound device
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration 
c)
rhyme
d)
repetition
5.
"And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor." 
Is an example of which poetic device?
a)
Alliteration
b)
Repetition
c)
Rhyme
d)
Imagery
6.
Why did Poe choose to use a raven versus a parrot or an owl? 
a)
The Raven is happy and Poe writes about happy things
b)
The Raven is black and can speak.
c)
Ravens often appear in legend and literature as sinister omens
d)
Owls and parrots are too scary for people to read about. 
7.
What is an example of assonance in Stanza 1?
(Hint: repeating vowel sounds)
a)
many, quaint, curious
b)
nodded, napping, suddenly
c)
dreary, weak, weary
d)
my, chamber, door
8.
The first line of each stanza contains which type of rhyme?
a)
end rhyme
b)
slant rhyme
c)
internal rhyme 
d)
no rhyme
9.
What does the Raven symbolize in this poem?
a)
The speaker's grief and lonliness
b)
The evil that haunts him
c)
The love that he had for Lenore
d)
Nature and how it affects human emotions
10.

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

That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour."

placid means...

a)

Peaceful

b)

Cold

c)

Gigantic

d)

Lake

11.

"...Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore—

Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore

Of ‘Never—nevermore’.”

Melancholy likely means

a)

sad, somber

b)

delicious, noteworthy

c)

hopeful, latent

d)

monkeys, chimps

12.

“’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—"

entreating likely means...

a)

rewarding

b)

knowing

c)

asking

d)

ending

13.

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—

Is an example of...

a)

Repetition (Parallelism)

b)

Personification

c)

Allusion

d)

Alliteration

14.

For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—

The word radiant probably means

a)

Weak, small, frail

b)

Young, innocent, naïve

c)

Glowing light, beaming, illuminated

d)

Evil, malevolent, cruel

15.

Which sound device is used in the following phrase?

"Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter"

a)

End Rhyme

b)

Alliteration

c)

Internal Rhyme

d)

Onomatopoeia