Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' Quiz

The narrator's actions

• The narrator was sitting in his chamber, reading books to distract himself from the loss of his beloved Lenore.
• The narrator was seeking to forget his sorrow and find solace in the books.

Time and setting

• The events took place in December, a cold and bleak month.

The tapping at the chamber door

• The narrator was disturbed by a tapping at the chamber door, which made him feel nervous and anxious.
• The narrator hesitated in opening the door for the visitor because he was unsure of who it could be.

The visitor and the chamber

• When the narrator opened the chamber door, he found a raven perched on a bust of Pallas inside the chamber.
• The raven's presence made the narrator feel a sense of eeriness and foreboding.

The Raven's speech and significance

• The Raven repeatedly spoke the word "Nevermore", which the narrator interpreted as a sign that he would never be reunited with Lenore in the afterlife.
• The Raven's response "Nevermore" originated from the depths of the narrator's own sorrow and despair.
• The speaker thought the Raven's vocabulary was limited because it was a reflection of the narrator's own limited understanding of the world.
• The Raven's choice to perch silently on the bust of Pallas was significant because it symbolized the narrator's own emotional paralysis and inability to move on from his grief.