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Unit 3—American Lit.     Name __________________

The Raven Questions & Vocab      Period ______ 

1.  Why is the speaker in his library when the poem begins? 
 
 
 

2.  Where does the rapping come from at first?  Where does it come from the second time? 
 
 
 

3.  Where does the raven perch? 
 
 
 

4.  What does the speaker ask the raven about Lenore? 
 
 
 

5.  Why does the speaker tell the raven to leave? 
 
 
 

6.  What is the setting of the story?  Does the setting change throughout the poem? 
 
 
 
 
 

Put the events in ��The Raven�� in order by writing the numbers 1-6 on the lines provided. 

7.  The raven comes in and perches above the narrator��s door.  _____________________

8.  The narrator yells at the raven to leave. _____________________________________

9.  The narrator whispers ��Lenore�� into the hallway. _____________________________

10.  The narrator questions whether the bird is natural or supernatural. _______________

11.  The narrator reads by the fire. ____________________________________________

12.  The narrator hears something at the window and opens it. ______________________ 

13.  Textual Analysis

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,

In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.

Not the least obeisance made he; not an instant stopped or stayed he;

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

Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-

Perched, and sat, and nothing more. 

Explain what happens in the stanza above:

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14.  Essay

(a)  During the course of ��The Raven,�� what changes occur in the speaker��s attitude toward the bird?  (b)  What brings about each change?  (c)  What does the Raven finally come to represent?   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Vocab

A:  Meaning Clues

Read each magazine article title and write the vocabulary word below it that you would expect to find in the article. 

15.  ��Wild Weather:  Protecting Yourself from the Elements�� 

16.  ��How to Ask for Forgiveness��and Get It�� 

17.  ��Vacation Spots for When You Really Need a Break�� 

18.  ��Modern Manners for Modern Times�� 

19.  ��Flee or Fight?  What to Do When You��re in Danger�� 

20.  ��Tossing and Turning?  You Too Can Sleep Like a Rock�� 

21.  ��How to Hold Up Your End of the Conversation�� 

22.  ��Putting That Certain Someone Under Your Spell�� 
 

B:  Fill in the Blank

Decide which word from the vocab list belongs on each numbered blank.  Then write the word on the blank line on the right. 

23.  She is so appealing, her behavior so (1) that everyone      _____________________

       she knows responds to seeing her by smiling.              (1) 

24.  The gallows, (2) against the sky, turned my                       _____________________

       warm blood to ice as I rode by.                (2) 

25.  Your whistling makes it so hard to ignore you.  You��re      _____________________

       driving me nuts!  Please, just stop, I (3) you!              (3) 

26.  He used to be quite vicious, but the drug has worked and   _____________________

       now the vet can fix his teeth, for he��s as (4) as a cow.              (4) 


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