Introduction
Devil and Tom Walker
Thanatopsis
House of Usher
The Raven
100
Addition of land to America during the Jefferson Presidency
What is Louisiana Purchase
100
Witches and Demons
What is a common belief of the New England Puritans of this time period
100
A vision of death
What is the meaning of Thanatopsis
100
Gloom
What is the single effect created by Poe in this story
100
Midnight
What is the time of day the poem takes place.
200
A 3 year battle fought between the British and the Americans
What is the War of 1812
200
Abolitionists
What is a group, based on Tom's behavior, that Irving probably supported?
200
His body will become part of nature
What is to happen to one after death
200
His sister's mortal illness
What is the supposed reason for Roderick Usher's situation
200
December
What is the time of the year in which the poem occurs
300
The guide who led Lewis and Clark on their journey across the Northwest Territories
What is Sacajawea
300
red eyes and covered with soot.
What is the details suggesting that the figure Tom meets is the Devil
300
a coffin
What is "the narrow house"
300
A person cut off from the world can fall prey to irrational fears and mental illness
What is the central theme of the story
300
napping
What is the poet doing at the opening of the poem?
400
A philosophicall & artistic movement that developed in the 1830's and 40's focusing on matters beyond concrete understandoing
What is Transcendentalism
400
Greed
What is Tom's prime motivation in agreeing to the Devil's terms.
400
Sepulcher
What is a tomb
400
The narrator's fear of the tarn
What is the detail that clearly foreshadows the story's ending
400
On a bust of Palis above the door
What is the place the Raven landed?
500
The gathering held to discuss and promote the idea of women's rights
What is Seneca Falls Convention
500
Names of those who have made a bargain with the Devis
What is Names carved on tall trees in the swamp
500
Wrapping the drapery of his couch about him and lying down to pleasant dreams
What is death
500
A large crack
What is the only outward sign of the possible destruction of the house.
500
a region of ancient Palestine
What is Gilead?
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