The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Question 1

What drug does the speaker consume?  

• Nepenthe
• Cocaine
• Morphene
• heroin

Question 2

The Raven is written in the _____________ narrative

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

Question 3

When was the Raven published?  

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

Question 4

What kind of poem is the raven?

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

Question 5

Which soothing ointment does the speaker ask for?

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

Question 6

Where was the poem published first?

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

Question 7

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

• Evenmore
• Evermore
• Never ever
• Nevermore

Question 8

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

Question 9

Who wrote The Raven?

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

Question 10

What does the Raven in the poem symbolize?  

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

Question 11

What is the setting of the poem?

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

Question 12

From where is the bird believed to have come?

• Jungle
• Inferno
• The Plutonian Shore
• Desert

Question 13

What is the rhyme sceme?

• abcabc
• aabbcc
• abcbbb
• aaabbb

Question 14

What happens to the speaker in the end?

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

Question 15

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

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

Question 16

Who is the speaker mourning for?

• Margret
• Lenore
• Venus
• Maggie