Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe was raised by loving parents.

true

false

Edgar Allan Poe was a good student.

true

false

Edgar Allan Poe first published collections of poetry won him much acclaim.

true

false

Edgar Allan Poe often worked as an editor.

true

false

Edgar Allan Poe's wife ran away and left him.

true

false

Edgar Allan Poe outlived many of his critics and continued writing many stories, poems, and editorials making him popular in his own time.

true

false

Choose at least 3 things from the following list that Poe is given credit for.

Often considered inventor of detective fiction

Major influence in fantasy fiction

Know for his macabre writings

Normalized short story writing

Often considered the most interesting of authors

Often believed to have discovered disposable pens

The setting of The Raven is _____.

just before dawn in a creepy castle

at midnight on a cold night in the narrator's old house

sometime after dark, in an old library surrounded by woods

in the narrator's dream in an old castle

Lenore was ______.

the person knocking on the door

the women that lived in the house

the owner of the castle

the narrator's lost love

What woke the narrator?

Lenore's ghost

the raven

a tapping at the door

the cold

What does the narrator find when he opens the door?

darkness and nothing

Lenore's ghost

the raven

the sound of the tapping was louder

Pallas is an allusion to _______.

Lenore

a former queen

Athena

none of the above

How does the narrator respond to the raven?

amused

afraid

alarmed

alerted

Which line has the best example of onomatopoeia?

dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;

you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door

no mortal ever dared to dream before;

How does the raven answer the narrator?

it doesn't 

it only says nevermore

it only stares at him

it is all a dream

The following are qualities of the gothic genre.
A curse or prophecy
A damsel
A hero
Romance
Intense emotions
Mystery
Suspense
Supernatural
Setting in an old castle or mysterious house
Gloom or horror

Which of the following is the best example of gothic genre?

while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore

Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,

Merely this and nothing more.

Which of the following is the best example of gothic genre?

Nameless here for evermore.

And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?”

But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—

Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;

Which of the following is the best example of gothic genre?

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,

So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
“’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—

But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.

Which literary device is being used in the following line?
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

alliteration

personification

metaphor

pun

Read the following stanza- Based on the text what does ominous mean?
But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”

something bad or unpleasant

dark

large and imposing

wise beyond measure

In what ways do you thin the poem, The Raven, reflects Poe's life?

Edgar Allan Poe was raised by loving parents.

true

false

Edgar Allan Poe was a good student. 

true

false

Edgar Allan Poe first published collections of poetry won him much acclaim.

true

false

Edgar Allan Poe often worked as an editor.

true

false

Edgar Allan Poe's wife ran away and left him.

true

false

Edgar Allan Poe outlived many of his critics and continued writing many stories, poems, and editorials making him popular in his own time.

true

false

Choose at least 3 things from the following list that Poe is given credit for. 

Often considered inventor of detective fiction

Major influence in fantasy fiction

Know for his macabre writings

Normalized short story writing

Often considered the most interesting of authors

Often believed to have discovered disposable pens

The setting of The Raven is _____.

just before dawn in a creepy castle

at midnight on a cold night in the narrator's old house

sometime after dark, in an old library surrounded by woods

in the narrator's dream in an old castle

Lenore was ______.

the person knocking on the door

the women that lived in the house

the owner of the castle

the narrator's lost love

What woke the narrator?

Lenore's ghost

the raven

a tapping at the door

the cold

What does the narrator find when he opens the door?

darkness and nothing

Lenore's ghost

the raven

the sound of the tapping was louder

Pallas is an allusion to _______.

Lenore

a former queen

Athena

none of the above

How does the narrator respond to the raven?

amused

afraid

alarmed

alerted

Which line has the best example of onomatopoeia?

dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;

you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door

no mortal ever dared to dream before;

How does the raven answer the narrator?

it doesn't 

it only says nevermore

it only stares at him

it is all a dream

Which of the following is the best example of gothic genre?

while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore

Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,

Merely this and nothing more.

Which of the following is the best example of gothic genre?

Nameless here for evermore.

And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?”

But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—

Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;

Which of the following is the best example of gothic genre?

And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,

So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
“’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—

But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.

Which literary device is being used in the following line?
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. 

alliteration

personification

metaphor

pun

Read the following stanza- Based on the text what does ominous mean? 
But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”

something bad or unpleasant

dark

large and imposing

wise beyond measure

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

In what ways do you thin the poem, The Raven, reflects Poe's life?

Edgar Allan Poe was raised by loving parents.

Edgar Allan Poe was a good student.

Edgar Allan Poe first published collections of poetry won him much acclaim.

Edgar Allan Poe often worked as an editor.

Edgar Allan Poe's wife ran away and left him.

Edgar Allan Poe outlived many of his critics and continued writing many stories, poems, and editorials making him popular in his own time.

Choose at least 3 things from the following list that Poe is given credit for.

The setting of The Raven is _____.

Lenore was ______.

What woke the narrator?

What does the narrator find when he opens the door?

Pallas is an allusion to _______.

How does the narrator respond to the raven?

Which line has the best example of onomatopoeia?

How does the raven answer the narrator?

Which of the following is the best example of gothic genre?

Which of the following is the best example of gothic genre?

Which of the following is the best example of gothic genre?

Which literary device is being used in the following line?And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

In what ways do you thin the poem, The Raven, reflects Poe's life?

Which literary device is being used in the following line?
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.