WorksheetsThe Raven
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 37mins
The author of "The Raven" is...
Walt Whitman
Edgar Allan Poe
T.S. Eliot
Edgar Albert Poe
What is the point of view of the poem?
1st Person
2nd Person
3rd Person Limited
3rd Person Omniscient
When does this poem take place?
Morning
Dawn
Midnight
Evening
What month of the year does this occur?
January
March
November
December
Where does the poem take place?
The Narrator's Chamber
The Catacombs
The Narrator's Kitchen
The Narrator's Living Room
Why is the narrator reading?
He is studying to become a poet.
His wife recommended the book.
He wants to learn more about Greek and Roman mythology.
He is trying to distract himself from his grief.
Why is the narrator sad?
He has lost his love, Lenore.
He has married his much younger cousin.
He doesn't like birds.
He doesn't like the month of December.
What does the narrator hear that stirs him from his nap?
A knock on the door
An ember falling on the grate
A knock on the window
A whisper
"So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating/ 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.'" What is the narrator doing?
Listening to the beating of his heart
Preparing himself for his guest
Repeating the directions, he was given
Telling himself it's only a visitor at the door
When the narrator opened the door, what did he find?
Lenore
Nothing
Shadows
Raven
What did the narrator whisper when he saw no one was at the door?
"Nevermore"
"What?"
"Lenore?"
"Wretch"
Who is Lenore?
The raven
The master of the raven before the narrator
The narrator's favorite character
The narrator's deceased love
Where did the narrator hear the second round of knocking?
The door
The window lattice
The bust
The wall
Where did the Raven perch?
On the window lattice
On the statue above the door
On the chair of the narrator
On the door
What is a bust?
A statue of a person from Greek and Roman myths
A statue of someone's head, chest, and shoulders
A part of the door frame
A part of the fireplace
Who is the bust of?
The Raven
Pluto
Pallas
The Narrator
Pallas is the Greek goddess of...
Wisdom
War
Underworld
Death
"Other friends have flown before / On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before." The narrator is saying...
The narrator's friend can fly.
The raven will leave him, like his friends have.
The narrator has no hope left.
The narrator is expecting friends tomorrow.
How does the narrator think the raven learned to speak?
He heard it from his previous master.
He learned it from Pluto.
He is a parrot in disguise.
He doesn't speak.
What are seraphim?
Angels
Ravens
Devils
Books
What is nepenthe?
A drink of forgetfulness
A poison
A type of raven
A cure
"Wretch," I cried "thy God hath lent thee - by these angels he hath sent thee/ respite - respite and nepenthe from the memories of Lenore." Why is the narrator upset?
He is upset that the raven has disturbed his private sorrow.
He thinks God has sent the raven to distract him and it doesn't work.
He doesn't want to forget about Lenore and the raven is distracting him.
He is upset with God for taking Lenore away from him.
Which of these questions does the narrator NOT ask the raven?
What is your name?
Will I see Lenore in Heaven?
Is there healing from my grief?
Is Lenore truly dead?
What is the resolution of the poem?
The raven has left the narrator alone.
The raven is still in the narrator's chamber and the narrator is consumed by his grief.
The raven has brought Lenore to the narrator.
The narrator opens the window and the raven leaves.
"... What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore/ meant in croaking 'Nevermore'." what literary device is evident in this line?
Alliteration
Internal Rhyme
Allusion
End Rhyme
What is the implication of the raven sitting on the bust of Pallas?
No implication
The raven is also wise
The raven like statues
The raven likes mythology
"Ah distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December" what does bleak mean?
Sad, lonely
dark, dreary
happy, cheerful
long, drawn out
When the raven continues to only say "nevermore", how does the narrator respond?
Accuses the bird of lying
Begins to laugh
Kills the bird
Grows increasingly frustrated
The repetition of "still is sitting" in the last stanza helps you infer that the speaker...
Thinks the raven is a sweet sign from Heaven
Resents (angry) the ravens presence in the room
Has grown friendly with the raven
What is the only word the raven speaks in the poem?
"Nevermore"
"Lenore"
"More"
"Door"
" 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door---- / Only this and nothing more." What literary device is used in this line?
Alliteration
Allusion
End Rhyme
Internal Rhyme
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping... What literary device is evident in this line?
End Rhyme
Alliteration
Internal Rhyme
Allusion
