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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which detail from the poem best indicates how the narrator feels about the Raven when he first appears?

a)

Much I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly” (49)

b)

“Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling” (43)

c)

“Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door” (101)!

d)

“ Leave my loneliness unbroken” (100)!

2.

Read the line from the poem and choose the definition of the CAPITALIZED word: “Leave no black PLUME as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken” (99)!

a)

angel

b)

feather

c)

drink

d)

dreary

3.

The Raven tells the narrator his name is Nevermore. This is an example of-

a)

simile

b)

hyperbole

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

4.

Why does the narrator become mad at the Raven toward the end of the poem?

a)

The Raven won’t move off of the statue.

b)

The Raven will only say “Nevermore.”

c)

The Raven’s answer means there is no hope for his future getting better.

d)

The Raven tells him Lenore is o.k.

5.

What happened to Lenore?

a)

She broke up with the narrator

b)

She moved away

c)

She died

d)

She is missing

6.

What happens when the author opens the door?

a)

the raven flies in

b)

Lenore appears

c)

his mother comes in

d)

he sees only darkness

7.

In "The Raven", what happens when the author opens the door?

a)

the raven flies in

b)

Lenore appears

c)

his mother comes in

d)

he sees only darkness

8.

Who has the speaker lost?

a)

Annabel Lee

b)

Lenore

c)

Leti

d)

his mom

9.

The poet's name is Edgar Allen Poe

a)

True

b)

False

10.

“And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting/ On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door” (103-4)

The author includes these lines mainly to help the reader understand that-

a)

The Raven has been there a short time.

b)

The Raven has become the narrator’s friend.

c)

The Raven is annoying.

d)

The Raven has become like a statue himself.

11.

Choose the example of irony from the poem-

a)

The narrator is afraid of the dark, but he is up a midnight.

b)

The Raven sits on a statue of wisdom, but it can’t really answer the narrator’s questions.

c)

The bust of Pallas is pallid, but the Raven is dark ebony.

d)

  The narrator is happy to be alone, but welcomes the company of the Raven.

12.

"Tell me why thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"

This lines makes an allusion (reference) to the Greek God of --

a)

war

b)

the night

c)

heaven

d)

the underworld

13.

What is the rhyme scheme for the stanza?

a)

ABCABD

b)

ABCBBB

c)

BCACCC

d)

CBACDA

14.

"Truly your forgiveness I IMPLORE" (line 20).

a)

beg/ask

b)

sad

c)

threatening

d)

conversation

15.

What are the reasons that the narrator is awake?

a)

He was missing his wife.

b)

He was reading.

c)

He heard a tapping.  

d)

He was drinking.

16.

What caused the narrator to get up and open the door then the window?

a)

He had a visitor.

b)

He heard a tapping.

c)

The window was open.  

d)

 He wanted to go outside.

17.

The narrator’s conflict is mostly defined as-

a)

character v. self

b)

character v. society

c)

character v. supernatural

d)

character v. character

18.

Who wrote "The Raven"

a)

Jeremy Allen White

b)

Ernest Hemmingway

c)

Chris Brown

d)

Edgar Allan Poe

19.

What time does "The Raven" occur?

a)

the witching hour

b)

midnight

c)

noon

d)

5 pm

20.

What word does the Raven repeat?

a)

Evermore

b)

Nevermore

c)

Forever

d)

Skibbidi

21.

What is the primary theme of 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe?

a)

Love and loss

b)

Madness and despair

c)

Adventure and discovery

d)

Friendship and loyalty

22.

In 'The Raven', what does the raven symbolize for the narrator?

a)

Hope

b)

Wisdom

c)

Despair

d)

Joy

23.

Which literary device is predominantly used in the line 'And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain'?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Personification

24.

What is the setting of the poem 'The Raven'?

a)

A sunny garden

b)

A dark forest

c)

A midnight chamber

d)

A bustling city

25.

In 'The Raven', what is the narrator's initial reaction to the raven's arrival?

a)

Fearful

b)

Amused

c)

Indifferent

d)

Angry