Mood and Narrative Techniques in "Lather and Nothing Else” — Unit test
Question 13 • TRECA Applied English 9-221
Read this excerpt from The Raven.here I opened wide the door–Darkness there and nothing more.Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"– Merely this and nothing more.
Answer
A
The speaker goes to his bedroom door, opens the door, and finds his lover Lenore standing in the dark on the other side.
B
The speaker opens his bedroom door into darkness and there is nothing there so he closes the door quickly and runs back to bed.
C
The speaker opens his bedroom door, stands there a while, whispers into the darkness, “Lenore,” and hears this word echo softly but nothing more.
D
The speaker opens his door as fast as he can to run into his room, away from the scary darkness in the hallway that has no lighting.
Explanation
The speaker opens the door and sees only darkness, then stands looking into it and wonders what might be there. The silence is broken when he whispers “Lenore?” and hears an echo repeat the name, with nothing else appearing or happening. This matches choice C; the excerpt does not say that Lenore is there or that the speaker runs away.
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