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WorksheetsThe Raven
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 8mins
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I _________ weak and weary.
Forgotten
Bust of Pallas
Nevermore
Pondered
Over many acquaint and curious volume of ________ lore.
Forgotten
Bust of Pallas
Nevermore
Lenore
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary. Over man acquaint and curious volume of forgotten lore..." What is the correct definition for pondered?
Read
Sleep
Think
Tap
While I nodded, nearly napping, there came a ___________.
Napping
Bust of Pallas
Tapping
Rapping
"As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "Tis some visitors," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door..." What does muttered stand for?
Talk in a scared voice
Talk in a loud voice
Talk in a low voice
Talk in a curious voice
The Raven” is delivered mainly in ________ tense, from a ________ point of view.
(a)
For the raven, perched upon the _______________ above my chamber door.
Chamber door
Darkness
Bust of Pallas
Nevermore
"And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before..." What fills the narrator's heart with terror?
His guilty conscience
Lenore's ghost
The Raven
Blowing curtain
What happens when the narrator opens the door for the first time?
(a)
Who is tapping at his chamber door during the first time?
(a)
What was the raven doing at the end of the poem?
(a)
Where did the raven perch?
(a)
What did the narrator do when he opened the door and saw darkness?
He closed the door and went back to the chamber room
He was terrified so he closed the door
He whispered Lenore, and an echo murmured back
He walked out to the darkness
"Other friends have flown before - on the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before"
What does the narrator mean by this?
The Raven will never leave him
The Raven is a bad omen haunting him.
The Raven will leave tomorrow
The Raven says he will never see Lenore in the afterlife
What name did the narrator call the raven?
Nevermore
My friend
Sorcery
Prophet
"Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant aidenn, it shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
What is the narrator trying to ask the raven?
(a)
The narrator stares at the bird for the first time. What was the first question that the narrator asked the raven?
Will I see lenore in the afterlife?
What is your purpose?
What is your name?
Are you a bad omen?
“ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.” Write down 3 things that the narrator was doing in this paragraph.
(a)
“Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, Soon again I heard a tapping something louder than before. “Surely,” said I, “surely that is something at my window lattice…” What is the correct definition of chamber?
Castle
Private room
Reading room
Morgue
"And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before.."
What is happening in this passage?
The narrator is sad/depressed
The narrator is scared of the tapping at his chamber door
The narrator is thrilled that there might be late night visitors
The narrator felt terror from the uncertain curtains
"My soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, “Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;— Darkness there and nothing more."
What was at the door?
The raven
Late night visitors
Darkness
The wind
“Other friends have flown before—On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.” Then the bird said, (a) .
"Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he, But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door— Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door—"
Choose the answer that best fit this statement.
A raven flew in
The narrator opened the window wide open and the wind made a strong commotion.
The raven flew inside the chamber and perched upon a bust of pallas.
The raven resembles death
