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2. Who wants to deal with… the Father of Horror?

3. Who wrote The Pit and the PendulumandThe Raven? Benjamin Franklin Edgar Allan Poe Nathaniel Hawthorne Po

4. Who wrote The Pit and the PendulumandThe Raven? Benjamin Franklin Edgar Allan Poe Nathaniel Hawthorne Po

5. Answer Edgar Allan Poe Nathaniel Hawthorne

6. Which of the following is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe? The Pit and the Pendulum The Raven Hope is a Thing With Feathers Roses are Red

7. Which of the following is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe? The Pit and the Pendulum The Raven Hope is a Thing With Feathers Roses are Red

8. Answer The Pit and the Pendulum The Raven

9. The Pit and the Pendulum is set in which historical period? near the end of the Spanish Inquisition at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War during the time of the Spanish Armada during the French Revolution

10. The Pit and the Pendulum is set in which historical period? near the end of the Spanish Inquisition at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War during the time of the Spanish Armada during the French Revolution

11. Answer near the end of the Spanish Inquisition during the French Revolution

12. “The sentence-the dread sentence of death-was the last distinct accentuation which reached my ears,” best applies to which of the following? the moment in which the prisoner screamed, “No!” as the Inquisitors passed down their sentence the moment just after the Inquisitors condemned the prisoner to death the moment just before the autos-da-fé inserted the red hot iron poker into the prisoner’s ears the moment after the autos-da-fé poured molten lead in the prisoners ears

13. “The sentence-the dread sentence of death-was the last distinct accentuation which reached my ears,” best applies to which of the following? the moment in which the prisoner screamed, “No!” as the Inquisitors passed down their sentence the moment just after the Inquisitors condemned the prisoner to death the moment just before the autos-da-fé inserted the red hot iron poker into the prisoner’s ears the moment after the autos-da-fé poured molten lead in the prisoners ears

14. Answer the moment just after the Inquisitors condemned the prisoner to death the moment just before the autos-da-fé inserted the red hot iron poker into the prisoner’s ears

15. The narrator says, “And then my vision fell upon the seven tall candles upon the table.” What does he say next? “…the tall candles sank into nothingness; their flames went out utterly; the blackness of darkness supervened….” “Yet for a while, I saw; but with how terrible an exaggeration! I saw the lips of the black-robed judges.” “I had swooned; but still will not say that all was lost. … In the return to life from the swoon there are two stages…mental...(and) physical….” “At first they seemed white slender angels who would save me; but then…the angel forms became meaningless specters….”

16. The narrator says, “And then my vision fell upon the seven tall candles upon the table.” What does he say next? “…the tall candles sank into nothingness; their flames went out utterly; the blackness of darkness supervened….” “Yet for a while, I saw; but with how terrible an exaggeration! I saw the lips of the black-robed judges.” “I had swooned; but still will not say that all was lost. … In the return to life from the swoon there are two stages…mental...(and) physical….” “At first they seemed white slender angels who would save me; but then…the angel forms became meaningless specters….”

17. Answer “Yet for a while, I saw; but with how terrible an exaggeration! I saw the lips of the black-robed judges.” “At first they seemed white slender angels who would save me; but then…the angel forms became meaningless specters….”

18. After the narrator awakens from his faint, what does he recall happening to him? He remembers the angels rising from the seven candles to carry him out of the dark dungeon to freedom. He remembers the interminableness of the nightmare which he faces…the horrors of torture by the Inquisition. He remembers shadowy figures lifting him and carrying him down through unknown depths to a flat, damp place. He remembers the tortured face of his lover, and how when she became upset she strangely resembled SpongeBob SquarePants.

19. After the narrator awakens from his faint, what does he recall happening to him? He remembers the angels rising from the seven candles to carry him out of the dark dungeon to freedom. He remembers the interminableness of the nightmare which he faces…the horrors of torture by the Inquisition. He remembers shadowy figures lifting him and carrying him down through unknown depths to a flat, damp place. He remembers the tortured face of his lover, and how when she became upset she strangely resembled SpongeBob SquarePants.

20. Answer He remembers the angels rising from the seven candles to carry him out of the dark dungeon to freedom. He remembers shadowy figures lifting him and carrying him down through unknown depths to a flat, damp place.

21. How does the narrator describe the pendulum? “The ravenous rats sank their teeth first into my disabled leg.…blood warmly trickled to my bare ankle and I knew the end was near.” “The vibration of the pendulum was at right angles to my length…the crescent was designed to cross the region of the heart.” “The figures of fiends in aspects of menace, with skeleton forms and other more really fearful images….” “The blade looked really, really, really, scary.”

22. How does the narrator describe the pendulum? “The ravenous rats sank their teeth first into my disabled leg.…blood warmly trickled to my bare ankle and I knew the end was near.” “The vibration of the pendulum was at right angles to my length...the crescent was designed to cross the region of the heart.” “The figures of fiends in aspects of menace, with skeleton forms and other more really fearful images….” “The blade looked really, really, really, scary.”

23. Answer “The vibration of the pendulum was at right angles to my length...the crescent was designed to cross the region of the heart.” “The figures of fiends in aspects of menace, with skeleton forms and other more really fearful images….”

24. From whose point of view is The Pit and the Pendulum told? from the third-person point of view of the Inquisitors from the first-person point of view of a prisoner from the third-person point of view of a rat from the first-person point of view of General Lasalle

25. From whose point of view is The Pit and the Pendulum told? from the third-person point of view of the Inquisitors from the first-person point of view of a prisoner from the third-person point of view of a rat from the first-person point of view of General Lasalle

26. Answer from the first-person point of view of a prisoner from the first-person point of view of General Lasalle

27. What does the narrator discover in the center of his dungeon room? a bed of wooden spikes Inquisitors in an underground, windowed chamber a deep pit a hot tub

28. What does the narrator discover in the center of his dungeon room? a bed of wooden spikes Inquisitors in an underground, windowed chamber a deep pit a hot tub

29. Answer Inquisitors in an underground, windowed chamber a deep pit

30. How does the narrator free himself from the surcingle (long strap) that binds him? He arches his back sharply and the cold, steel blade slices through the straps. He reaches for the knife left on the plate of spicy meat, and uses it to cut the straps. He rubs the spicy meat on the straps, and the ravenous rats chew through. He does not escape. As the blade slowly descends, it slices the narrator in half.

31. How does the narrator free himself from the surcingle (long strap) that binds him? He arches his back sharply and the cold, steel blade slices through the straps. He reaches for the knife left on the plate of spicy meat, and uses it to cut the straps. He rubs the spicy meat on the straps, and the ravenous rats chew through. He does not escape. As the blade slowly descends, it slices the narrator in half.

32. Answer He reaches for the knife left on the plate of spicy meat, and uses it to cut the straps. He rubs the spicy meat on the strap, and the ravenous rats chew through.

33. Which excerpt best describes what drives the narrator toward the pit near the end of The Pit and the Pendulum? “I could no longer continue my near dead existence…the rats, the pendulum tinged blood red, the fear. As rats hung from my torn flesh, I moved toward the pit…one final step.” “The long, red hot bars of iron stabbed at me from all directions... stumbling, my seared, pierced flesh emanating an unkind odor, cauterized, burned shut so the blood could not escape….” “From the depths of the chasm a voice lifted, angelic in quality… summoned me…closer and closer to the pit…the maternal voice called to me. One step more, one step more….” “I shrank back—but the closing walls pressed me resistlessly onward. At length there was no longer an inch of foothold on the firm floor of the prison. I struggled no more….”

34. Which excerpt best describes what drives the narrator toward the pit near the end of The Pit and the Pendulum? “I could no longer continue my near dead existence…the rats, the pendulum tinged blood red, the fear. As rats hung from my torn flesh, I moved toward the pit…one final step.” “The long, red hot bars of iron stabbed at me from all directions... stumbling, my seared, pierced flesh emanating an unkind odor, cauterized, burned shut so the blood could not escape….” “From the depths of the chasm a voice lifted, angelic in quality… summoned me…closer and closer to the pit…the maternal voice called to me. One step more, one step more….” “I shrank back—but the closing walls pressed me resistlessly onward. At length there was no longer an inch of foothold on the firm floor of the prison. I struggled no more….”

35. Answer “From the depths of the chasm a voice lifted, angelic in quality… summoned me…closer and closer to the pit…the maternal voice called to me. One step more, one step more….” “I shrank back—but the closing walls pressed me resistlessly onward. At length there was no longer an inch of foothold on the firm floor of the prison. I struggled no more….”

36. What happens to the prisoner at the end of The Pit and the Pendulum? The outstretched arm of a French soldier grabbed for the prisoner’s arm in vain. The narrator plunged to his death among the rats. The outstretched arm of General Lasalle caught the narrator’s arm as he fell, fainting into the abyss. Falling into the pit proved to be the least of his problems. The same ravenous rats that freed him now consumed him slowly in small bites. Loosing his footing, he plunged into the abyss, where he joined the rats for an appetizer and a Sponge Bob marathon.

37. What happens to the prisoner at the end of The Pit and the Pendulum? The outstretched arm of a French soldier grabbed for the prisoner’s arm in vain. The narrator plunged to his death among the rats. The outstretched arm of General Lasalle caught the narrator’s arm as he fell, fainting into the abyss. Falling into the pit proved to be the least of his problems. The same ravenous rats that freed him now consumed him slowly in small bites. Loosing his footing, he plunged into the abyss, where he joined the rats for an appetizer and a Sponge Bob marathon.

38. Answer The outstretched arm of a French soldier grabbed for the prisoner’s arm in vain. The narrator plunged to his death among the rats.. The outstretched arm of General Lasalle caught the narrator’s arm as he fell, fainting into the abyss.

39. Which of the following lines from TheRaven tells why the speaker is pondering “Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore…”? “Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, ‘Sir,’ said I, ‘or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore’….” “But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, ‘Lenore?’” “Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore….” “Eagerly I wished the morrow—vainly I had sought to borrow From my books a surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore….”

40. Which of the following lines from TheRaven tells why the speaker is pondering “Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore…”? “Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, ‘Sir,’ said I, ‘or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore’….” “But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, ‘Lenore?’” “Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore….” “Eagerly I wished the morrow—vainly I had sought to borrow From my books a surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore….”

41. Answer “Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore….” “Eagerly I wished the morrow—vainly I had sought to borrow From my books a surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore….”

42. Complete this line.Then this ebony bird ______my sad fancy into smiling…. entreated respite discoursed beguiling

43. Complete this line.Then this ebony bird ______my sad fancy into smiling…. entreated respite discoursed beguiling

44. Answer entreated beguiling

45. “But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door….” is an example of which type of rhyme? internal rhyme end rhyme free verse haiku

46. “But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door….” is an example of which type of rhyme? internal rhyme end rhyme free verse haiku

47. Answer internal rhyme free verse

48. What question do you think the narrator wishes the raven to answer? When will your master be here to pick you up? Will you stay here and be my friend forever, or leave as all others have before? Will I ever be with my beloved Lenore again? What is the square root of 144?

49. What question do you think the narrator wishes the raven to answer? When will your master be here to pick you up? Will you stay here and be my friend forever, or leave as all others have before? Will I ever be with my beloved Lenore again? What is the square root of 144?

50. Answer Will you stay here and be my friend forever, or leave as all others have before? Will I ever be with my beloved Lenore again?