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The Raven
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1
An example of internal rhyme within the poem is...
"This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing"
"She shall pass, ah, nevermore"
"Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget lost Lenore
" the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core"
2
At the start of the poem, how does the narrator describe his emotional state?
joyful and happy
angry and scared
restless and anxious
sad and tired
3
An example of assonance...
cannot help agreeing that no living human being
melancholy burden bore
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore"
Though thy crest be shorn and shaven
4
What has happened to the narrator by the poem's end?
He is driven mad by grief
He has forced the raven to leave
He dies
He has made peace with his past
5
He is startled to hear a tapping noise. From where does he think that he hears this tapping?
Outside
The door
The window
He doesn't know
6
An example of alliteration is...
"nodded, nearly napping"
"silence was unbroken"
"no living human being"
"all my soul within me burning"
7
In desperation, he asks the raven "is there balm in Gilead?" This is an allusion to...
British poetry
Greek mythology
Medieval philosophy
A religious text
8
The raven is a symbol of...
Death
Boredom
Happiness
Torment
9
"Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore" What does nepenthe mean?
a soothing ointment
Muslim paradise
container for burning incense
remedy to make one forget grief
10
"Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore" What does quaff mean?
Drink/ Take in
Forget/ Disregard
Shame/Dishonor
11
What was the narrator pondering?
Life and death
Birds
Lenore
Literature
12
Does this poem contain a refrain?
No
Yes
13
Poe uses a metaphor to compare the bird's____________ to a demon.
Beak
Feathers
Talons
Eyes
14
The speaker ask the raven all of the following questions EXCEPT...
Are you sent to heal my broken heart?
What is your name?
How did you learn to speak?
Will I be reunited with Lenore in the afterlife?
15
Is the speaker pleased with the raven's response of "Nevermore"?
Yes
No
16
"soul grew stronger." What action, in the fourth stanza, does the narrator take?
He opens the door
He prays
He looks out the window
He find his lost love
17
A raven enters the narrator's room and perches upon a bust of Pallas; who is Pallas?
Aphrodite
Athena
Apollo
Juno
