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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat time does the poem take place?midnightnoonmorningafternoon
- 2. Multiple Choice
When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door," who did he think was outside?
his neighbor
the raven
some late night visitor
his mother
- 3. Multiple Choice
The speaker is upset about losing a
book
loved one
bird
statue
- 4. Multiple Choice
To explain the noise at the door the narrator --
concludes that a servant needs help
guesses that a bird is in the hall
assumes he has a visitor
imagines Lenore is speaking
- 5. Multiple Choice
What are 3 words from the 1st stanza that help establish the tone?
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
dreary, weak, weary
napping, tapping, rapping
quaint, curious and forgotten
midnight, pondered, muttered
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAt first encounter, the speaker’s reaction to the Raven is —revulsionfearangeramusement
- 7. Multiple Choice
What words use alliteration to create rhythm in the following lines?
Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; so that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
“thrilled me,” “filled me”
“fantastic,” “terrors,” “never”
“filled,” “fantastic,” “felt”
“beating,” “repeating”
- 8. Multiple Choice"As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door" is an example of which sound devicerepetitionrhymealliterationsuspense
- 9. Multiple Choice"While I nodded, nearly napping…" is an example of which sound deviceonomatopoeiaalliterationrhymerepetition
- 10. Multiple Choice"And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor."
Is an example of which poetic device?AlliterationRepetitionRhymeImagery - 11. Multiple Choice
Why did Poe choose to use a raven versus a parrot or an owl?
The Raven is happy and Poe writes about happy things
The Raven is black and can speak.
Ravens often appear in legend and literature as sinister (bad) omens
Owls and parrots are too scary for people to read about.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is an example of assonance in Stanza 1?
(Hint: repeating vowel sounds)
many, quaint, curious
nodded, napping, suddenly
dreary, weak, weary
my, chamber, door
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is an example of personification in Stanza 2?
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore.
Eagerly I wished the morrow
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor
The rare and radiant madien
sorrow for the lost Lenore
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is an example of end rhyme in Stanza 3?
And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
“’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—
This it is and nothing more.”
uncertain, purple, curtain
before, door, more
some, entreating chamber
thrilled, fantastic, more
- 15. Multiple Choice
Give an example of personification from Stanza 13:
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion’s velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o’er,
But whose velvet-violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o’er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!
She shall press
lamp light gloated o'er
I sat engaged
the cushion’s velvet lining
- 16. Multiple Choice
In stanza 15, Poe uses several exclamation points: `Prophet!' said I, `thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! -
Why would Poe choose to structure his sentences this way?
It means the narrator is getting upset
It shows the pacing and the narrative tension are rising
It gives a variety of punctuation so the reader doesn't get bored
It shows the bird could be a devil
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe first line of each stanza contains which type of rhyme?end rhymeslant rhymeinternal rhymeno rhyme
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the Raven symbolize in this poem?The speaker's grief and lonlinessThe evil that haunts himThe love that he had for LenoreNature and how it affects human emotions
- 19. Multiple Choice
When the raven continues to only say "Nevermore," how does the narrator respond?
accuses the bird of lying
he kills the bird
he laughs
he grows increasingly frustrated
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat big question represents the theme of this poem?How do people handle loss?Why do people dream?What does it take to be a survivor?What are you willing to sacrifice?
- 21. Multiple Choice
Which means book in the first stanza?
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
nearly napping
my chamber door
volume of forgotten lore
while I pondered
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which means think in the first stanza?
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
nearly napping
my chamber door
volume of forgotten lore
while I pondered
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which means almost sleeping in the first stanza?
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”
nearly napping
my chamber door
volume of forgotten lore
while I pondered
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which means cold and harsh in the first stanza?
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore.
bleak
ember
maiden
surcease
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which means young girl in the first stanza?
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore.
bleak
ember
maiden
surcease
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which means stop in the first stanza?
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore.
bleak
ember
maiden
surcease
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which means burning log in the first stanza?
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore.
bleak
ember
maiden
surcease
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