The Raven

As someone rapping, rapping at my chamber door," is an example of . . .

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Cliche'

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil, prophet still, if bird or devil!" is an example of . . .

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

"Take thy beak from out my heart!" is an example of. . .

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Idiom

The "Plutonian Shore" is what type of allusion?

• Mythological

• Literary

• Biblical

• Historical

What words use alliteration to create rhythm in lines 14–15?

• “thrilled me,” “filled me”

• “fantastic,” “terrors,” “never”

• “filled,” “fantastic,” “felt”

• “beating,” “repeating”

To explain the noise at the door the speaker

• concludes that a servant needs help

• guesses that a bird is in the hall

• assumes he has a visitor

• imagines Lenore is speaking

The raven enters the speaker’s room and sits on

• a bust of a Greek goddess

• the edge of the door

• the arm of the chair

• a purple curtain

What inference can you make about the speaker’s current state of mind from the references to the evening as “Plutonian”?

• He worries that the raven is sick.

• He is confused by the raven’s answers.

• He is preoccupied with death and ghosts.

• He fears that Lenore is held captive.

What does the speaker imagine after the raven first speaks?

• hearing tapping

• seeing Lenore

• drinking deeply

• smelling incense

The speaker tells the raven to leave because the bird

• says that the speaker will never see Lenore again 

•  tells the speaker that he will die very soon

• speaks about the ruler of the underworld

• tries to push the speaker out of the room