Question

In “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, the speaker grows curious and asks the raven an initial question. What is the first question the speaker asks the raven?

a.He asks if he will see Lenore in heaven.

b.He asks from where the raven came.

c.He asks if the raven has seen Lenore.

d.He asks the raven its name.

Answer 1

D: 

"`Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' I said, `art sure no craven.
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore -
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!'"

These are the first words he speaks to the Raven

Answer 2

Answer: d. He asks the raven its name.

Explanation: In "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, the speaker grows curious and asks the raven an initial question, he asks the raven its name. The narrator is reading on a bleak December night to forget that his beloved Lenore is dead. The sudden noise of the curtains fills him with fear. He tries to convince himself that it is some visitor and nothing more.  The raven comes in and sits upon the bust of Pallas and the narrator asks the raven its name.