THA #14

Edgar Allan Poe Test Review: Test tomorrow, STUDY!!!!

Name:______Per:______

What the test will look like: The test will have a multiple-choice section, short answer, and short-essay questions. You need to know the following questions.

I.

  1. Poe’s date of birth:______
  2. Poe’s date of death?______
  3. Where did Poe grow up? (hint, there is more than just one place)
  1. Why would it be incorrect to say that Poe had a happy and long life? Provide 3 reasons:

II.

  1. What type of poem is “The Raven”? ______
  2. Who does the narrator miss so much? ______
  3. Describe the narrator’s mood?
  1. Describe the mood of the poem?
  1. What is the name of this type of literary device? “grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore”:______
  2. What number are these Roman Numerals?
  3. I ______
  4. V ______
  5. X ______
  6. IX______
  7. XVII______
  8. XIV______
  9. What is the source of conflict in “The Raven”?
  1. What is the only word the raven says?______
  2. A poem’s paragraphs are called ______

III.

  1. Both “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” are narrated in the same point of view. What point of view is the narration? ______
  2. In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, why would the narrator tell the reader he is not mad?
  1. In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, why does the murderer confess his crime to the police officers?
  1. In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, why does the narrator want to kill the old man?
  1. In “The Tell-Tale Heart”, what has the madness done to the narrator’s senses?

IV.

Short Answer Questions: Prepare notes for all topics. Make sure you have a strong topic sentence that answers the question.

  1. In “The Raven” the narrator seems to believe the one word the raven says is very important, telling the narrator about the person he has lost. Do you agree with the narrator’s view of the bird? Support your answer with at least 2 examples from the poem.

Topic sentence:

Poem example 1:

Poem example 2:

Notes:

  1. How does Poe create suspense in “The Tell-Tale Heart”? And why is it effective? Use at least 2 examples from the story.

Topic sentence:

Story example 1:

Story example 2:

Notes:

  1. What is an unreliable narrator? Can we consider both narrators from both stories unreliable? Why or why not?

Topic sentence:

Story example 1:

Story example 2:

Notes: