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