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The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What time does the poem take place?

a)

Noon

b)

Midnight

c)

Dawn

d)

Night

2.

When the narrator first heard the "rapping at his chamber door" who did he think was outside?

a)

The Raven

b)

His Neighbor

c)

Lenore

d)

Some late night vistor

3.

What month does the poem take place?

a)

October

b)

November

c)

December

d)

March

4.

What happens when the narrator opens the door?

a)

He only sees darkness

b)

The Raven flies

c)

He sees Lenore

d)

His Mother is at his door

5.

What word does the raven say whenever it talks?

a)

Lenore

b)

Nevermore

c)

Prophet

d)

Evermore

6.

What was the author doing at the beginning of the poem when he heard the rapping at his door?

a)

Eating dinner

b)

Sleeping

c)

Reading a book

d)

Writing a letter

7.

What was whispered when the narrator opens the door?

a)

Lenore

b)

I'm the Raven

c)

Darkness

d)

Nevermore

8.

Who is the nameless maiden?

a)

Lenore

b)

Shes doesn't have a name, shes nameless

c)

Lenny

d)

Laurie

9.

Where did the raven fly in from?

a)

The door

b)

The cealing

c)

The Basement

d)

The window

10.

What does the narrator persistantly call the raven?

a)

Prophet

b)

Persistant

c)

Obnoxious

d)

Architect

11.

What is the story about?

a)

A random bird

b)

A Parrot that repeats the word "Nevermore"

c)

A Raven that says "nevermore"

d)

A Raven that says "evermore"

12.

What scared the speaker in the beginning of the poem?

a)

The sound of the phone ringing

b)

the sound of a bird chirping

c)

the movement of the window shade

d)

the movement of the purple curtain

13.

Where does the raven perch after the door is open?

a)

On the windowsill

b)

On the back porch

c)

On the bust of Pallas

d)

On the book of poems

14.

What is "Plutonian Shore?

a)

It separates the land of the living and the land of the dead

b)

It is where the speaker took his wife for vacation

c)

It separates the intellects from the ordinary man

d)

It is the path the speaker is taking

15.

"Perched upon a bust of Pallas"

a)

Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and War

b)

Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love

c)

Ampitrite, the Goddess of the Sea

d)

Artimis, Goddess of the Hunt and the Moon

16.
What happened to Lenore?
a)
She broke up with the narrator
b)
She moved away 
c)
She died
d)
She is missing
17.

How does the line below reflect Poe's own experience? "Other friends have flown before"

a)

So many people died in his family

b)

Lots of his friends have flown in an airplane

c)

His friends flew in an airplane before him

d)

His love of greek mythology and the myth of Icarus

18.

What does the narrator want to know?

a)

He wants to know who the raven is.

b)

He wants to know if the raven will go away.

c)

He wants to know if he will see Lenore again.

d)

He wants to know why he is alive.

19.

What is the raven's name?

a)

Nevermore

b)

Larry

c)

Joe

d)

Mark