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Edgar Allan Poe

The Raven

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1845

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Reading Comprehension Questions

1. At what time of day do the remembered events of the poem take place?

A) morning

B) afternoon

C) sunset

D) midnight

2. What does the speaker hear that disrupts his “pondering” and “nearly napping” in the first stanza?

A) a loud scream

B) light knocking on his door

C) quiet laughter

D) scratching at his chamber door

3. What activity is the speaker pursuing to distract him from his thoughts?

A) He is reading over old texts.

B) He is gazing out the window.

C) He is painting a portrait.

D. He is taking a nap.

4. Which paraphrased line best shows the speaker’s reaction to the tapping at the window?

A) “It must be a loose shutter.”

B) “It’s just the wind.”

C) “There’s no such thing as ghosts.”

D) “My ears are playing tricks on me.”

5. What does the speaker initially find when he opens his door?

A) He finds a friend who has come for a visit.

B) He finds the raven waiting to be let in.

C) He finds nothing but darkness.

D) He finds the ghost of Lenore in the hall.

6. What information does the speaker seek from the raven?

A) He asks what the raven has witnessed on his journeys.

B) He asks the raven to foretell the time of his (the speaker’s) death.

C) He asks if he (the speaker) will see Lenore again.

D) He asks where the raven came from and who sent him. 

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