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The Raven Quiz (ELA9)

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the narrator hear while reflecting on the volumes of Lore?

a)

The cry of a bird

b)

Someone whispering his name

c)

nothing but the wind

d)

something knocking on the door

2.

In which month of the year does the story take place?

a)

October

b)

December

c)

February

d)

July

3.

Why does the narrator feel sadness?

a)

The lack of new information in his books

b)

The dying of the fire

c)

Having to get up to answer the door

d)

The loss of a maiden named Lenore

4.

What does the narrator whisper in the darkness?

a)

"Who's there?"

b)

"Leave me alone!"

c)

"Lenore!"

d)

"Where is the light switch?"

5.

What does the narrator see when he opens his door?

a)

only darkness

b)

A raven

c)

His lost Lenore

d)

His butler

6.

Where does the raven perch?

a)

On the narrator's head

b)

On a bust of Pallas

c)

On an inactive candelabrum

d)

On a statue of Pluto

7.

What does the raven say when the narrator asks for its name?

a)

Mr. Raven

b)

Emits an unintelligible caw

c)

nevermore

d)

mind your own business

8.

Why does the narrator initially guess that the raven keeps saying "nevermore"?

a)

He is a pessimist

b)

He learned it due to his master's misfortune

c)

He is trying to warn him about something

d)

He cannot risk guessing why

9.

What is the cushion cover made of, on which the narrator rests his head?

a)

sapphire silk

b)

cobalt cotton

c)

heliotrope hemp

d)

violet velvet

10.

Where does the narrator tell the raven to go?

a)

To the Plutonian shore of the night

b)

Back to its nest

c)

To find his sweet Lenore

d)

To deliver a letter for him

11.

How does Edgar Allen Poe use language to create Drama? ( you can choose more than one)

a)

Poe employs a range of literary devices such as hyperbole, simile, metaphor, alliteration, foreshadowing, and personification.

b)

Poe activates the readers emotions, and create a sensory experience as the reader follows the paranoia of the narrator as he accelerates his campaign of fear

c)

Poe uses "Unity of Effect" in order to engage the reader's imagination.