The Raven (History and Summary) Quiz

Who is the speaker mourning for?

Question Answer Choices Margret Venus Lenore Maggie

When was the Raven published?

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

What kind of poem is the raven?

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

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

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

The Raven is written in the _____________ narrative

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

What is the setting of the poem?

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

Where was the poem published first?

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

Which soothing ointment does the speaker ask for?

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

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

Question Answer Choices Evermore Nevermore Evenmore Never ever

What does the Raven in the poem symbolize?

Question Answer Choices hope joy and love evil and death faith

What drug does the speaker consume?

Question Answer Choices heroin Morphene Nepenthe Cocaine

From where is the bird believed to have come?

Question Answer Choices The Plutonian Shore Inferno Jungle Desert

What happens to the speaker in the end?

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

Who wrote The Raven?

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

Where does the Raven perch?

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

What is the rhyme sceme?

Question Answer Choices abcbbb abcabc aaabbb aabbcc