The Raven (History and Summary) Quiz

Where does the Raven perch?

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

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

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

What is the setting of the poem?

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

Who is the speaker mourning for?

Question Answer Choices Lenore Margret Maggie Venus

Who wrote The Raven?

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

What does the Raven in the poem symbolize?

Question Answer Choices faith hope joy and love evil and death

From where is the bird believed to have come?

Question Answer Choices Desert The Plutonian Shore Inferno Jungle

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

Question Answer Choices Never ever Evermore Evenmore Nevermore

The Raven is written in the _____________ narrative

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

What kind of poem is the raven?

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

Which soothing ointment does the speaker ask for?

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

When was the Raven published?

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

What is the rhyme sceme?

Question Answer Choices aabbcc aaabbb abcbbb abcabc

Where was the poem published first?

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

What happens to the speaker in the end?

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

What drug does the speaker consume?

Question Answer Choices Morphene Nepenthe heroin Cocaine