The Raven Comprehension Formative

The time setting or when of the poem is...

• midnight in December

• noon in July

The place or where setting of the poem is a...

• study/library room

• dining room

The mood or atmosphere created by the setting is...

• joyful

• gloomy

The speaker had been reading lore or...

• newspapers

• myths

The speaker is about to nap or nod off when he hears...

• tapping on his door

• a visitor's voice

The speaker thinks that the tapping he hears on the door is...

• a raven

• a visitor

The speaker's sorrow or sadness was caused by the death of...

• a woman he loved named Lenore

• his father

When the speaker opened his chamber door, he saw...

• nothing/darkness

• a visitor

After opening the chamber door, the speaker whispered...

• Hello

• Lenore

The speaker thinks that the sound he hears at the window is...

• a raven

• the wind