Starter quiz

  • 'The Raven' features a speaker who is...
    • thinking about the past
    • mourning the loss of a loved one  ✓
    • thinking fearfully about the future
  • In 'The Haunted Palace," what has happened to the building?
    • It was burned to the ground.
    • It has been abandoned.  ✓
    • It has been washed away in a flood.
  • What is the term used to describe a group of words all on one topic?
    • 'Semantic field' ✓
  • What word describes the representation of ideas or feelings by a noun?
    • 'Symbol' ✓
  • 'The Haunted House' is about the decline of glory and the loss of power. Which quotation best supports that interpretation?
    • "The ruler of the realm was seen"
    • "A winged odour went away"
    • "Assailed the monarch's high estate"  ✓
  • In 'The Raven', the raven is presented as both wise and wicked. Which quotations would you use to support that interpretation?
    • "Nevermore" and "shadow"
    • "Pallas Athena" and "Prophet of evil"  ✓
    • "flutter"" and "lord or lady"
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