The Raven Comprehension

The poem begins with the speaker...

•  worrying about the terrible weather.

• sleeping through the tapping at his door.

• 1. exhausted from building a chamber door.

• 1. reading when he hears a knock at his door.

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the speaker thinking about at the start of the poem?

• 1. a woman named Lenore

• 1. his uncomfortable room

• 1. his guilty conscience

• 1. a terribly sad book

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

What happens when the narrator opens the door?

• 1. He rips the purple curtain attached to the door.

• 1. The chamber door breaks.

• 1. He sees Lenore.

• 1. No one is there.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

What happens the second time the narrator opens the window?

• 1. The speaker sees his friend Lenore.

• 1. A raven attacks the speaker in his room.

• 1. The speaker begins dreaming about his lost love.

• 1. A raven enters the speaker's room and perches on a statue.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which option best describes the speaker's attitude toward the raven?

• 1. furious and hateful

• 1. sad and sympathetic

• 1. angry and frightened

• 1. curious and confused

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

The speaker thinks that God might have sent the bird to...

• 1. make him forget Lenore.

• 1. encourage him to pray more.

• 1. ask him if he believes in angels.

• 1. give him a sign that Lenore is at peace

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CCSS.RL.8.1

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the speaker and Lenore?

• Lenore was the speaker's lover who died.

• Lenore is the speaker's enemy and has cursed him.

• Lenore was the speaker's lover who broke up with him.

• Lenore is the speaker's friend with whom the speaker is secretly in love.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does the speaker become angry with the raven?

• 1. It tells the speaker that Lenore loves someone else.

• 1. It flies away without answering the speaker's questions.

• 1. It replies "nevermore" when the speaker asks if Lenore still loves him.

• 1. It replies "nevermore" when the speaker asks if he will be reunited with Lenore.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

At the end of the poem, the raven...

• 1. disappears like a demon into the floor.

• 1. flies out of the window.

• 1. flies across the room and rests on a lamp.

• 1. remains where it was sitting in the speaker's room.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.W.8.9A

Which of the following best describes a central theme of the text?

• Loss and grief can have powerful effects on the mind.

• the supernatural is proof that death is not the end.

• Fear is only a state of mind, and cannot significantly harm anyone.

• Evil deeds will always come back to haunt us.

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CCSS.RL.8.2