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WorksheetsThe Raven Stanzas 1-9
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
1. What time does the poem take place?
Midnight
Noon
Dawn
Afternoon
2. What is the narrator doing when he first hears the "tapping?"
He is asleep in bed.
He is reading in his study.
He is writing poetry.
He is eating dinner.
3. When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door," who did he think was outside?
The Raven
Pluto
Some late night visitor
His neighbor
4. In what month does this poem take place?
September
October
November
December
5. What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" for whom the author mourns?
Annabelle
Lydia
Pluto
Lenore
6. In stanza three after the narrator hears the tapping, what filled him with "fantastic terrors never felt before."
The rustling purple curtain
The creaking floorboard
The howling wind
A woman screaming
7. What happens when he opens the door?
He only sees darkness.
He sees a maiden.
The bird flies in.
He sees the neighbor running away.
8. Attractively unusual or old fashioned
Aidenn
Seraphim
Quaint
Nepenthe
9. What is the only word that the raven utters?
Quoth
Nevermore
Lenore
Nothing
13. Where does the raven perch once he enters the room?
On a statue of a Greek goddess
On a velvet chair
On the door frame
The mantle over the fireplace
