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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Lines 224-291.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Epigraph means:
(a) A brief letter written by the author of a poem about his work.
(b) A rhyming quatrain with which a poem begins or ends.
(c) A quote or citation placed at the beginning of a literary work in order to set a theme for the whole.
(d) A collection of lines from the poem, placed at its beginning to foreshadow themes to come.

2. What is the name of the learned Jew?
(a) Marcus Aurelius.
(b) Tacitus.
(c) Josephus.
(d) Michael Psellus.

3. As what colors does the water appear to burn?
(a) Gold, purple, and blue.
(b) Green, blue, and white.
(c) Red, gold, and green.
(d) Red, orange, and yellow.

4. After describing the arrival of the Albatross and its interaction with the crew, the Mariner begins to look intensely uncomfortable. Why?
(a) He is thinking about how he kills the Albatross.
(b) He is thinking about how the Albatross drowns in the sea.
(c) He is sad that his nephew kills the Albatross.
(d) He is remembering how the Albatross freezes to death.

5. What initially changes the sailors' minds about the Albatross, to think negatively of it, after it dies?
(a) The rains come.
(b) The fog clears after the Mariner shoots it.
(c) The ship runs into more ice.
(d) The wind changes directions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of worlds are implied in the Epigraph?

2. In what does the Mariner see the curse?

3. Who claims the crew?

4. Which color is NOT used to describe the objects the Mariner watches in the moonlight?

5. In what direction does the ship initially sail?

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