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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Lines 1-82.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wins the ancient Mariner?
(a) The Hermit.
(b) Death.
(c) The Pilot.
(d) Life-in-Death.

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

3. After the removal of the curse, what does the Mariner behold?
(a) A temple.
(b) His native land.
(c) Creatures of the great calm.
(d) The Albatross.

4. Who alters the text of the poem's Epigraph?
(a) Derek Roper.
(b) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(c) Thomas Burnet.
(d) William Wordsworth.

5. What does the Guest command the Mariner to do?
(a) Let him go.
(b) Tell his story.
(c) Prepare the Ship.
(d) Join the wedding procession.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the learned Jew?

2. What do the sailors see in the polar region?

3. What distracts the Guest?

4. With what is the Mariner refreshed?

5. What does the Mariner see in the moonlight?

(see the answer key)

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