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The Raven 1.3 & 1.4 Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which point of view is the poem told from?

a)

First person omniscient

b)

Second person

c)

First person limited

d)

Third person

2.

Which 2 are examples of allusions in the poem?

a)

"Nevermore"

b)

"Bust of Pallas"

c)

"is there balm in Gilead?"

d)

"Respite, respite, and nepenthe"

3.

What does "ominous" most likely mean? "What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird"

a)

Happy

b)

Quiet

c)

Threatening

d)

Calm

4.

What is it called when the last words lines within a stanza rhyme?

a)

End rhyme

b)

Internal rhyme

5.

What is it called when words within a line rhyme?

a)

End rhyme

b)

Internal rhyme

6.

What is one thing the narrator isn't doing during the poem?

a)

Pondering

b)

Reading

c)

Nearly Napping

d)

Knitting

7.

What is the narrator struggling with in the poem?

a)

Grief and loss over the death of his sister

b)

Grief and loss over the death of Lenore

c)

Grief and loss over the death of the Raven

d)

Grief and loss over the thought of dying one day

8.

What 2 kinds of figurative language is, "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'" considered?

a)

Imagery & Personification

b)

Repetition & Allusion

c)

Metaphor & Simile

d)

Personification & Repetition

9.

What inference can be made about where the narrator thinks the Raven came from?

a)

The Raven came from Heaven

b)

The Raven was sent by Lenore

c)

The Raven came from the underworld or Hell

d)

The Raven came from Maryland

10.

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary" is what kind of figurative language?

a)

Allusion

b)

Repetition

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Imagery

11.

Why does the author include both allusions to Heaven and allusions to Hell in the poem?

a)

The narrator thinks Lenore is still alive.

b)

The narrator isn't sure if Lenore went to Heaven or Hell.

c)

The narrator thinks Lenore is with the Raven.

d)

The narrator is mad at the author.

12.

Find 1 example of end rhyme in the poem and 1 example of internal rhyme. List the stanza and lines you are referencing.

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