Annabel Lee

1. The poem is set

• on the moon

• by the sea

• in the ocean

• in heaven

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CCSS.RL.7.3

2. The narrator's feelings for Annabel Lee can best be described as

• immature

• not lasting

• not strong

• very strong

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CCSS.RL.7.1

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3. According to the narrator, how did Annabel Lee die?

• A stranger attacked her by the ocean.

• She froze to death in a high wind.

• The jealous seraphs sent a wind to chill her.

• Her jealous relatives killed her.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

4. By referring to Annabel Lee's kinsmen as "highborn," and that they take Annabel Lee away from the speaker implies that

• he is also "highborn" so can mourn her properly and deserves the reader's admiration

• Annabel Lee should have married him

• he is "lowborn" so cannot be with her and deserves the reader's sympathy

• Annabel Lee was queen of the kingdom

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

5. After her death, Annabel Lee is shut into a tomb by

• her husband

• the angels

• the demons

• her blood relatives

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CCSS.RL.7.1

6. Dreams are brought to the narrator by the

• moon

• stars

• seraphs

• sea

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CCSS.RL.7.1

13. Which statement would the narrator most likely agree with?

• Love ends with death.

• You can never trust someone you love.

• We each have only one special love in our life.

• Only the good die young.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

11. What is the poem's topic?

• The danger of living too close to the sea

• The problems of getting along with your in-laws

• Love that can never be returned

• The death of a loved one

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CCSS.RL.7.2

10. Which of the following statements best describes the poem's narrator?

• Mentally unbalanced by the death of his loved one

• Overwhelmed by his life by the sea

• Content with his life by the sea

• Relieved by the death of his loved one

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which line in the poem suggests that the narrator blames supernatural beings for the death of Annabel Lee?

• "So that her highborn kinsmen came, And bore her away from me..."
• "But our love it was stronger by far than the love, Of those who were older than we..."
• "The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me.."
• " For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams, Of the beautiful Annabel Lee..."

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CCSS.RL.7.1