The Oval Portrait

What is the setting of "The Oval Portrait"?

• An apartment room in Boston in the 1800's

• A room within a house in the Apennines during the 1800's

• A hotel room in Europe in the 1900's

• Within the mountains of the East Coast, in the 1900's

How does the narrator find out about the woman in the oval portrait?

• Pedro tells him about her

• He has heard the story before

• He made up the story-it was all a part of a dream

• He finds a book that gives an explanation of the painting

What does the narrator find so interesting about the oval portrait?

• How life-like it is

• The frame in which it seen in

• The pose of the woman

• All of these options

What initially happens to the narrator that makes him feel anxious?

• He immediately notices the oval portrait and cannot take his attention off of it

• His driver, Pedro, drops him off and speeds away without saying goodbye

• He closes his eyes after having the sudden urge to do so, even though he has no idea why

• The pictures on the wall look as though they're alive

What did Poe write was happening to the wife to make her die?

• The painter was literally pulling the life out of her and putting it into the painting as he worked.

• The wife had tuberculosis, which eventually killed her.

• She died of exhaustion from having to pose for the painting for so long.

• She passed away from an unknown sickness.

Who is telling this story?

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Pedro

• The narrator

• The painter

Who are the main characters from the story?

• The narrator, Pedro, the painter, and the woman from the portrait

• The narrator, Mrs. Radcliffe, Pedro, and the woman from the portrait

• The painter and the woman from the portrait

• There were no names used in this story, so therefore there were no characters

What happens at the end of the story?

• The narrator runs away from the room and never returns

• Nothing-Poe leaves the reader to create this themselves

• The woman from the portrait shows herself as a ghost

• Pedro finds the narrator dead

The story is told from which of the following point of views?

• 1st person from the POV of Poe himself.

• 1st person from the POV of the painter.

• 3rd person from the POV of an omniscient narrator.

• 3rd person from the POV of Pedro

Based on the details in the story, what was happening to the wife that ultimately led to her death?

• The painter was literally pulling the life out of her and putting it into the painting as he worked.

• The wife had tuberculosis, which eventually killed her.

• She died of exhaustion from having to pose for the painting for so long.

• She passed away from an unknown sickness.