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Beware do not read this poem, The Raven, Windigo Test

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Q In “beware: do not read this poem,” to what does the * the mirror in a horror movie, into
speaker compare the poem? which people disappear
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* The raven repeatedly utters one

Q Which of the following best describes the interaction word, "Nevermore," which the
between the speaker and the raven in “The Raven”? speaker interprets in various
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ways as a comment on his life.

Q What does the speaker in "The Raven" feel when he

* terror and hope % & ' ( )
first thinks that Lenore may be at his door?

* The child is kidnapped and

Q What happens to the child in “Windigo”? carried into the woods by the % & ' ( )
Windigo.

Q In which of the following situations would entreating * when begging a friend to accept
be most appropriate? an apology
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Q If a person were to implore a friend to accompany

* She would plead, "I really, really
her, which of the following actions would most likely
want you to come with me!"
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occur?

Q If someone can be described as beguiling, which of

* The person is charming. % & ' ( )
the following must be true?

Q Which of the following features of the stanza most

* the missing punctuation and use
clearly contribute to its distinctive style, or
of slang such aint
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individual quality?

* It makes the poem seem more

Q What is most clearly the effect of the feature
identified in Part A?
direct, as if the poet is saying % & ' ( )
exactly what he is thinking.
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 Q Read the following stanza from “The Raven.”

But the Raven still beguiling my sad fancy into

smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird,
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and bust, and door;
descriptive words to "ominous
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to
bird of yore" in the fifth line,
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linking
suggesting a growing frenzy
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of
yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous
bird of yore
Meant in croaking, “Nevermore.”

Q The following question has two parts. Answer Part A

first, and then Part B.

Part A
Read the following stanza from “Windigo.”
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You knew I was coming for you, little one,
when the kettle jumped into the fire.
Towels flapped on the hooks,
and the dog crept off, groaning,
to the deepest part of the woods.

* They suggest that physical

Q In what way do the details in the stanza presented in objects and animals are reacting
Part A help convey the feeling identified? to an uncanny, invisible
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presence.

* Whenever someone commits to

Q Which statement best summarizes the theme in
“beware: do not read this poem”?
reading a poem, he or she risks % & ' ( )
getting caught up in it.

* do not resist this poem/ … this

Q Which lines from the poem best support the answer
to Part A?
poem is the reader & the / % & ' ( )
reader this poem

Q Which statement best describes the speaker in “The * The speaker is suffering from the
Raven”? loss of his beloved.
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Q Who is the speaker in the poem “Windigo”? * the Windigo % & ' ( )

Q Read this line from “Windigo” and analyze the image

it presents.

You dug your hands into my pale, melting fur. * sight, touch % & ' ( )

To which senses does this image most appeal?

Choose two options.
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 Q What is the meaning of the prefix be-? * to make % & ' ( )

Q The word becalm is made up of the prefix be- plus

the word calm. What has happened to a sailing ship
* The ship is not moving. % & ' ( )
that is becalmed? Choose based on your knowledge
of the prefix be-.

Q If “beware: do not read this poem” were told by the * The reader might learn what
woman from a first-person point of view, what more happens to the people she pulls % & ' ( )
might the reader learn about her actions? into the mirror.

* While I nodded, nearly napping,

Q Which lines from “The Raven” best demonstrate the suddenly there came a tapping, /
first-person point of view? As of some one gently rapping,
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rapping at my chamber door.

Q If the “Windigo” were told from the omniscient point

of view rather than from the first-person point of * what the girl thought when she
view, what additional information might a reader saw the Windigo
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learn?

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