The Raven (History and Summary) Quiz

Who wrote The Raven?

Question Answer Choices John Keats William Wordsworth Samuel Beckett Edgar Allan Poe

Who is the speaker mourning for?

Question Answer Choices Lenore Margret Venus Maggie

What happens to the speaker in the end?

Question Answer Choices He runs away He consumes poison he dies He is gripped by the Raven's shadow

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

Question Answer Choices Nevermore Evenmore Evermore Never ever

Where does the Raven perch?

Question Answer Choices On the Bust of Pallas(athena) On the hand of Hades On the head of Zeus on the shoulder of Apollo

What does the Raven in the poem symbolize?

Question Answer Choices evil and death joy and love faith hope

What is the rhyme sceme?

Question Answer Choices aabbcc abcbbb abcabc aaabbb

Where was the poem published first?

Question Answer Choices Los Angeles Times The New York Evening mirror The Washington Post Chicago Tribune

When was the Raven published?

Question Answer Choices 16th January 1850 29th January 1845 16th november 1830 7th November 1844

What drug does the speaker consume?

Question Answer Choices heroin Cocaine Morphene Nepenthe

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

Question Answer Choices Reading ancient folklores meditating Playing Chess Watching a movie

What kind of poem is the raven?

Question Answer Choices pastoral elegy pindaric ode Narrative lyrical ballad Horatian Satire

Which soothing ointment does the speaker ask for?

Question Answer Choices cream of babylonia balm of Gilead wax of paris lotion of Greece

The Raven is written in the _____________ narrative

Question Answer Choices 1st person onniscient 2nd person 3rd person

From where is the bird believed to have come?

Question Answer Choices Desert Jungle Inferno The Plutonian Shore

What is the setting of the poem?

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