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Quote the Raven, Nevermore! Trivia Quiz

I will give you the last few lines of an Edgar Allan Poe poem and you will tell me which poem it is. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by tinamomnsox. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tinamomnsox

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
342,327

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
439

Question 1 of 10

1. "And the lamp light o'er him streaming
Throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out my shadow
That lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted--nevermore!" Hint

Alone

Ulalume

The Raven

Isreafel

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Question 2 of 10

2. "And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling--my darling--my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In here tomb by the sounding sea." Hint

Annabel Lee

For Annie

Alone

The Sleeper

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Question 3 of 10

3. "And thus are dearer than the mother I knew
By that infinity with which my wife
Was dearer to my soul than its soul-life." Hint

To My Mother

Alone

To Helen

The Sleeper

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Question 4 of 10

4. "At morn--at noon--at twilight dim--
Maria! thou has heard my hymn!
In joy and woe--in good and ill--
Mother of God, be with me still!"

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. "For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes,
Brightly expressive as the twins of Loeda,
Shall find her own sweet name, that, nestling lies
Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader." Hint

To Helen

A Valentine

Annabel Lee

Bridal Ballad

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche
How statue-like I see thee stand,
The agate lamp within thy hand!
Ah, Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy-Land!" Hint

The Sleeper

To Helen

Israfel

Bridal Ballad

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Some tomb from out whose sounding door
She ne'er shall force an echo more,
Thrilling to think, poor child of sin!
It was the dead who groaned within." Hint

Annabel Lee

The Sleeper

A Valentine

Bridal Ballad

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Would God I could awaken!
For I dream I know not how,
And my soul is sorely shaken
Lest an evil step be taken,-
Lest the dead who is forsaken
May not be happy now." Hint

To Annie

Bridal Ballad

The Dream

Dream-Land

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Question 9 of 10

9. "For on its wing was dark alloy,
And as it flutter'd--fell
An essence--powerful to destroy
A soul that knew it well." Hint

The Happiest Day, The Happiest Hour

Stanzas

The Dream

The Bells

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Question 10 of 10

10. "That little time with lyre and rhyme
To while away--forbidden things!
My heart would feel to be a crime
Unless it trembled with the strings." Hint

Romance

The Coliseum

To Annie

Tamerlane

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "And the lamp light o'er him streaming Throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out my shadow That lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted--nevermore!"

Answer: The Raven

The whole poem is 18 sections long and has six lines per section. It tells the story of a man who is visited by a ghost in raven form.

2. "And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling--my darling--my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In here tomb by the sounding sea."

Answer: Annabel Lee

The whole poem is split into six sections. It tells the story of a man who lost his true love.

3. "And thus are dearer than the mother I knew By that infinity with which my wife Was dearer to my soul than its soul-life."

Answer: To My Mother

The whole poem is one section long and has 14 lines. It is dedicated to a mother.

4. "At morn--at noon--at twilight dim-- Maria! thou has heard my hymn! In joy and woe--in good and ill-- Mother of God, be with me still!"

Answer: Hymn

The whole poem is one section long and has 12 lines. It looks like either a prayer or a church hymn.

5. "For her this rhyme is penned, whose luminous eyes, Brightly expressive as the twins of Loeda, Shall find her own sweet name, that, nestling lies Upon the page, enwrapped from every reader."

Answer: A Valentine

The poem is one section long and has 20 lines. To find the name of the recipient of the valentine, read the first letter of the first line, the second letter of the second line, and so forth.

6. "Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy-Land!"

Answer: To Helen

The poem is three sections long with five lines per section. The poem might have been for one of Edgar Allan Poe's girlfriends.

7. "Some tomb from out whose sounding door She ne'er shall force an echo more, Thrilling to think, poor child of sin! It was the dead who groaned within."

Answer: The Sleeper

The poem is five sections long. The poem is about the world when it sleeps.

8. "Would God I could awaken! For I dream I know not how, And my soul is sorely shaken Lest an evil step be taken,- Lest the dead who is forsaken May not be happy now."

Answer: Bridal Ballad

The poem is five sections long. It is meant to be said at a wedding.

9. "For on its wing was dark alloy, And as it flutter'd--fell An essence--powerful to destroy A soul that knew it well."

Answer: The Happiest Day, The Happiest Hour

The poem is six sections long with four lines per section. The poems talks about an unseen killer.

10. "That little time with lyre and rhyme To while away--forbidden things! My heart would feel to be a crime Unless it trembled with the strings."

Answer: Romance

The poem is two sections long. The poem is about love.

Source: Author tinamomnsox

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