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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Lines 143-223.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Death and the Woman doing?
(a) Painting the mariners.
(b) Making a coffin.
(c) Laughing wildly.
(d) Casting dice.

3. How does Thomas Burnet think the Natures are studied?
(a) Subjectively.
(b) Objectively.
(c) They should not be studied.
(d) Quickly.

4. What do the boards of the Ship do?
(a) Snap.
(b) Splinter.
(c) Creak.
(d) Shrink.

5. How does the Albatross die?
(a) The Mariner shoots it with his crossbow.
(b) The Albatross is hit by falling ice and drowns in the sea.
(c) The crew forgets to feed the Albatross and it freezes to death.
(d) The Mariner's nephew shoots it with a crossbow.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what direction does the ship initially sail?

2. What is a synonym of the word "Rime" in the poem's title?

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

4. In what direction does the ship go after the Albatross arrives?

5. After reaching the Line, in what direction does the Ship go?

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