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WorksheetsThe Raven
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the time and year of the events?
a)
Midnight in December
b)
An afternoon at the end of October
c)
Noon in July
d)
An early April morning
2.
The speaker can best be described as a —
a)
lonely, elderly man longing for visitors
b)
magician conjuring up evil spirits
c)
poet seeking inspiration for a new work
d)
melancholy person trying to forget a great tragedy
3.
When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door", who did he think was outside?
a)
his neighbor
b)
the raven
c)
some late night visitor
d)
his mother
4.
At first encounter, the speaker’s reaction to the Raven is —
a)
revulsion
b)
fear
c)
anger
d)
amusement
5.
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.
6.
What does the Raven symbolize in this poem?
a)
The speaker's grief and loneliness
b)
The evil that haunts him
c)
The love that he had for Lenore
d)
Nature and how it affects human emotions
7.
When the raven continues to only say "Nevermore", how does the narrator respond?
a)
accuses the bird of lying
b)
he kills the bird
c)
he laughs
d)
he grows increasingly frustrated
8.
What big question represents the theme of this poem?
a)
How do people handle loss?
b)
Why do people dream?
c)
What does it take to be a survivor?
d)
What are you willing to sacrifice?
9.
To trick or deceive is...
a)
wrought
b)
bleak
c)
bust
d)
beguiling
10.
Warning or threatening is...
a)
ominous
b)
entreating
c)
fancy
d)
mien
11.
This is a reference to the underworld, death and the dead...
a)
Plutonian
b)
Pallas
c)
Aidenn
d)
Balm in Gilead
13.
What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" for whom the author mourns?
a)
Annabell
b)
Pluto
c)
Lydia
d)
Lenore
13.
What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" for whom the author mourns?
a)
Annabell
b)
Pluto
c)
Lydia
d)
Lenore
14.
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.
15.
What happens when the narrator 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.
16.
What is the only word that the raven utters?
a)
Lenore
b)
Quoth
c)
Nothing
d)
Nevermore
17.
A Biblical allusion to something that has healing powers.
a)
Nepenthe
b)
Balm of Gilead
c)
Serahpim
d)
Plutonian
18.
Readers can infer from the poem's conclusion that the speaker will
a)
die soon
b)
never escape his despair
c)
be reunited with Lenore
d)
make his sorrow the subject of a great poem
19.
In which quotation below are the underlined words an example of sound effects created by alliteration?
a)
“What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore / Meant in croaking ‘Nevermore.’”
b)
“Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! / Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!”
c)
“Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, / Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.”
d)
“On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore— / Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!”
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