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The Raven Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the point of view of "The Raven"?

a)

First person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person

2.

What is the refrain of "The Raven"

a)

"Prophet"

b)

Quoth the Raven, "Nevemore"

c)

Only this and nothing more

d)

Respite-respite

3.

How many lines in the following stanza:

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting,still is sitting

On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming

And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;

And my soul from out the shadow that lies floating on the floor

Shall be lifted- nevermore!

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

4.

And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;

So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating

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

Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—

            This it is and nothing more.”What is the rhyme scheme?

a)

ababcd

b)

A<B<C<B<B<B

c)

a,b,c,b,b,b

d)

There is no rhyme scheme

5.

Which of the lines contains internal rhyme?

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,

Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;

But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,

And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?”

This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, “Lenore!”—

            Merely this and nothing more.

a)

Line 2

b)

Line 4

c)

Line 3

d)

Line 6

6.

Which lines contain repetition?

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,

Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.

“Surely,” said I, “surely that is something at my window lattice;

      Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore—

Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;—

            ’Tis the wind and nothing more!”

a)

1&2

b)

2&4

c)

4 & 5

d)

1&3

7.

What is mood?

a)

the way the reader feels

b)

The way the narrator feels

c)

Having no feelings

8.

The attitude the speaker/narrator has towards a topic

a)

Mood

b)

tone

c)

imagery

9.

The author alludes to "Night's Plutonian Shore". What is an allusion?

a)

A reference to the 5 senses

b)

A reference to something funny

c)

A reference to an idea that most people are familiar

10.

When the Raven is given the ability to talk, this is an example of?

a)

Imagery

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Personification

11.

Which is not part of the setting of "The Raven"?

a)

Baltimore

b)

December

c)

Chamber

d)

Midnight

12.

What is significant about the bust of Pallas?

a)

Its the narrator's favorite statue

b)

It was a gift from Lenore

c)

It is where the Raven sits

13.

Who whispered the question, "Lenore?" in the hallway?

a)

The narrator

b)

The Raven

c)

Lenore

14.

Edgar Allen Poe is the

a)

The narrator in the poem

b)

The husband of Lenore

c)

The author of the poem

d)

The Raven