WorksheetsThe raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is the time and year of the events?
Midnight in December
Noon in July
An afternoon at the end of October
An early April morning
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
In which quotation below are the underlined words an example of sound effects created by alliteration?
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore / Meant in croaking ‘Nevermore.’”
“Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! / Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!”
“Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, / Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.”
“On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore— / Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!”
What word does the raven repeat?
Lenore
nevermore
prophet
eat my shorts
Where does the raven perch when he comes into the house?
the door frame
the mantle above the fireplace
a bust of Pallas
on the bookcase
"As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door" is an example of which sound device
repetition
rhyme
alliteration
suspense
What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" who the author pines for?
Lenora
Lenna
Lydia
Loralei
What happened to Lenore?
She broke up with the narrator
She moved away
She died
She is missing
What does a raven typically symbolize?
it doesn't mean anything
good luck or good omen
Bad luck or bad omen
At first encounter, the speaker’s reaction to the Raven is —
revulsion
fear
anger
amusement
When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door," who did he think was outside?
his neighbor
the raven
Pluto
some late night visitor
What happens when the author opens the door?
the raven flies in
he screams
he only sees darkness
he sees Lenore standing outside
