Worksheets"The Raven" Questions
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What time of the day or night does the poem take place?
Midnight
twilight
Noon
Dawn
What happens when the speaker opens the door?
He sees a maiden.
He sees only darkness.
The bird yells at him
He sees the neighbor running away.
The reference to the "Plutonian Shore" is an example of what literary term?
allusion
tone
similie
alliteration
"...someone rapping, rapping at my chamber door," is an example of . . .
hyperbole
assonance
inference
Clichec
on the bust of Zeus
on the back of the velvet chair
on the bust of Pallas Athena
the mantle over the fireplace.
Which of the following items mentioned in the poem has healing powers to cure a broken heart?
Nevermore
Balm of Gilead
Serahpim
Plutonian
Which type of angel listed below was mentioned in the poem?
Nepenthe
Seraphim
Aidenn
Lore
After pondering the purpose of this bird, what is the next action that the narrator takes?
He shouts at the raven.
He reads to the raven.
He pulls up a chair and sits in front of the raven.
He swings a broom at the raven.
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil, prophet still, if bird or devil!" shows the narrator's mental status which is best described as
losing his sanity
growing more calm
paranoid
sarcastic
death
having wisdom or knowledge
the narrator's sorrow over Lenore
All of these
The speaker screams at the raven to leave because the bird
tells the narrator he will soon die
speaks about the ruler of the Underworld
tries to peck the narrator
tells the narrator he will never see Lenore again
When the raven only speaks the word, "Nevermore," how does the narrator respond?
he laughs
he kills the bird
he grows increasingly frustrated
he cries
What three words from the first stanza helps establish the tone?
quaint, curious, forgotten
dreary, weak, weary
napping, tapping, rapping
midnight, pondered, muttered
