House Of Usher
The Raven
Beware: Do Not Read This Poem
Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?
Vocab
100

What were the names of the Usher siblings?

Madeline and Roderick

100

What did the bird keep saying?

Nevermore

100

What does the poem talk about at the beginning?

A vain woman

100

What is the "happy" hormone triggered by controlled fear?

Dopamine

100

Annihilate

To destroy completely

200

Familial relationship between Madeline and Roderick was?

Twins

200

Who is the narrator's lover?

Lenore

200

What do the mirrors in the poem do?

om nom nom nom

200

What has to be true for a person to enjoy a scary situation?

They have to be in a safe environment

200

Amiably

Something done in a friendly manner

300

What are Roderick's artistic hobbies?

Painting & music
300

What does "Plutonian" refer to?

Death

300

What is the cover of this poem provided by My Perspectives?

A hand pressed against glass

300

What happened to Baby Albert?

He was conditioned to be afraid of white rabbits

300

Rending

Pulling apart/dismemberment of something

400

What flaw does the narrator observe in the house upon arrival?

A fissure/crack

400

Where did the bird sit?

On a statue of Pallas Athena

400

Who is the author?

Ishmael Reed

400

What is the "love" hormone?

Oxytocin

400

Stoical

Enduring pain without showing feeling

500

Was Madeline dead or alive when she was buried?

no one really knows oOOooO spooky

500

What meter was The Raven written in?

trochaic octameter

500

How many people did US Bureau of Missing Persons report missing in 1968?

100,000

500

What did P.T Barnum do?

Capitalized on the general public's enjoyment of strange and unusual spectacle

500

Belligerent

Hostile and aggressive

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