WorksheetsThe Raven Quotes
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When does the poem take place?
a)
June
b)
February
c)
December
d)
Halloween
2.
What is the narrator of the poem doing when the poem starts?
a)
napping
b)
eating
c)
playing chess
d)
singing
3.
"Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December", what does bleak mean?
a)
sad, lonely
b)
dark, dreary
c)
happy, cheerful
d)
long, drawn out
4.
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
5.
"While I nodded, nearly napping…" is an example of which sound device
a)
Onomatopoeia
b)
alliteration
c)
rhyme
d)
repetition
6.
"As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door" is an example of which sound device
a)
repetition
b)
rhyme
c)
alliteration
d)
suspense
7.
The conflict described in The Raven is . . .
a)
the speaker is going crazy
b)
the speaker hopes to speak to Lenore's ghost
c)
the speaker is dreaming
d)
the speaker misses is dead wife
8.
What words use alliteration to create rhythm in lines 14–15?
a)
“thrilled me,” “filled me”
b)
“fantastic,” “terrors,” “never”
c)
“filled,” “fantastic,” “felt”
d)
“beating,” “repeating”
9.
What does the speaker imagine after the raven first speaks?
a)
hearing tapping
b)
seeing Lenore
c)
drinking deeply
d)
smelling perfume
10.
What is the BIG QUESTION (theme) for this poem?
a)
How do people handle loss?
b)
Why do people dream?
c)
What does it take to be a survivor?
d)
What are you willing to sacrifice?
11.
To explain the noise at the door the speaker
a)
concludes that a servant needs help
b)
guesses that a bird is in the hall
c)
assumes he has a visitor
d)
imagines Lenore is speaking
12.
What inference can you make about the speaker’s current state of mind from the references to the evening as “Plutonian”?
a)
He worries that the raven is sick.
b)
He is confused by the raven’s answers.
c)
He is preoccupied with death and ghosts.
d)
He fears that Lenore is held captive.
13.
The speaker tells the raven to leave because the bird
a)
says that the speaker will never see Lenore again
b)
tells the speaker that he will die very soon
c)
speaks about the ruler of the underworld
d)
tries to push the speaker out of the room
14.
The repetition of “still is sitting” in the last stanza helps you infer that the speaker
a)
resents the raven’s presence in the room
b)
thinks the raven is a sign from heaven
c)
has grown friendly with the raven
d)
wonders if the raven will speak again
15.
You can make the inference that the speaker hates the raven because the speaker
a)
says the raven really is the devil
b)
builds a trap to capture the bird
c)
leaves the room and never comes back
d)
blames the bird for his loss of hope
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