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ACC THE RAVEN

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of figurative language is this? "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Imagery

2.

What type of figurative language is this? “...suddenly there came a tapping, as of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.”

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Imagery

3.

What type of figurative language is this? “To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core”

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

e)

Imagery

4.

Choose the correct word for the definition: To bring about the end; an ending to something.

a)

Mien

b)

Entreating

c)

Quaff

d)

Plume

e)

Surcease

5.

Choose the correct word for the definition: Charmless and inhospitable; dreary.

a)

Bleak

b)

Obeisance

c)

Lore

d)

Beguiling

e)

Plume

6.

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words is:

a)

alliteration

b)

consonance

c)

assonance

d)

end rhyme

e)

internal rhyme

7.

The repetition of vowel sounds is:

a)

alliteration

b)

consonance

c)

assonance

d)

end rhyme

e)

internal rhyme

8.
Readers can infer from the poem's conclusion that the speaker will
a)

die soon

b)

never escape his grief

c)

be reunited with Lenore

d)

make his sorrow the subject of a great poem

9.
Where does the raven perch when he comes into the house?
a)
the door frame
b)
the mantle above the fireplace
c)
a bust of Pallas
d)
on the bookcase
10.

. Which of the following statements best expresses the central idea of “The Raven”?

a)

Happiness is fleeting.

b)

The narrator will be lost in his grief forever.

c)

The poet will never sleep again.

d)

Grief is a manifestation of insanity.

11.
When the raven continues to only say "Nevermore", how does the narrator respond?
a)
accuses the bird of lying
b)
he kills the bird
c)
he laughs
d)
he grows increasingly frustrated
12.
the feeling of not knowing what will come next is....
a)
suspense
b)
repetition
c)
alliteration
d)
meter
13.

What is the noise the narrator first hear?

a)

a. his enemy

b)

b. the wind

c)

c. knocking on the door

d)

d. his friend playing tricks

14.

What does the narrator expect to find when he opens the door and look out?

a)

a. a Greek God come to life

b)

b. angels

c)

c. a woman who has died

d)

d. himself looking back at him

15.

What's the poem's mood?

a)

a. reassuring

b)

b. romantic

c)

c. soothing

d)

d. despairing

16.

The raven was able to charm the speaker.

a)

pondered

b)

surcease

c)

beguiling

d)

countenance

17.

The raven showed the speaker no respect, and flew right in the window.

a)

beguiling

b)

entreating

c)

obeisance

d)

implore

18.

The raven had confidence and was not discouraged.

a)

implore

b)

beguiling

c)

censer

d)

undaunted

19.

The narrator was sitting in his chamber when a raven tapped on his window. What is a chamber?

a)

chair

b)

bed

c)

room

d)

bathtub

20.

The narrator is entreating and begging the raven for answers. What does entreating mean?

a)

pleading

b)

imploring

c)

requesting

d)

all of these