Part A
What inference can be made about the speaker in "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe?
Responses
He finds comfort in the bird.
He finds comfort in the bird.
He murdered Lenore.
He murdered Lenore.
He is a highly educated man.
He is a highly educated man.
He is a clergyman.
He is a clergyman.
Question 2
Part B - Points depend on a correct response in Part A.
Which evidence from the text best supports the answer in Part A?
Responses
"This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining"
"This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining"
"But the Raven, sitting lonely on that placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour."
"But the Raven, sitting lonely on that placid bust, spoke only, , That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour."
"'Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!'”
"'Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!'”
"On the cushion’s velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o’er"