The Raven The Raven (History and Summary) Quiz
by Edgar Allan Poe

Question 1

What was the narrator doing prior to the Raven's entry?

• Reading ancient folklores
• Playing Chess
• meditating
• Watching a movie

Question 2

From where is the bird believed to have come?

• The Plutonian Shore
• Inferno
• Desert
• Jungle

Question 3

Which soothing ointment does the speaker ask for?

• cream of babylonia
• lotion of Greece
• balm of Gilead
• wax of paris

Question 4

Where was the poem published first?

• Los Angeles Times
• Chicago Tribune
• The New York Evening mirror
• The Washington Post

Question 5

The Raven is written in the _____________ narrative

• 1st person
• onniscient
• 2nd person
• 3rd person

Question 6

What is the refrain that became the catch phrase of the people in the 19th century?

• Evermore
• Nevermore
• Evenmore
• Never ever

Question 7

What is the setting of the poem?

• Pleasant Spring mid-day
• Cold stormy December night
• Warm rainy July evening
• Hot sunny April morning

Question 8

What happens to the speaker in the end?

• He runs away
• he dies
• He is gripped by the Raven's shadow
• He consumes poison

Question 9

What is the rhyme sceme?

• abcabc
• aabbcc
• abcbbb
• aaabbb

Question 10

Who wrote The Raven?

• Edgar Allan Poe
• Samuel Beckett
• William Wordsworth
• John Keats

Question 11

What kind of poem is the raven?

• pindaric ode
• Horatian Satire
• pastoral elegy
• Narrative lyrical ballad

Question 12

Who is the speaker mourning for?

• Margret
• Lenore
• Venus
• Maggie

Question 13

What drug does the speaker consume?  

• heroin
• Cocaine
• Nepenthe
• Morphene

Question 14

What does the Raven in the poem symbolize?  

• joy and love
• hope
• faith
• evil and death

Question 15

When was the Raven published?  

• 16th november 1830
• 7th November 1844
• 16th January 1850
• 29th January 1845

Question 16

Where does the Raven perch?

• On the head of Zeus
• On the Bust of Pallas(athena)
• on the shoulder of Apollo
• On the hand of Hades