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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/what arises on the left of the Ship, from the sea?
(a) The Albatross.
(b) The Sun.
(c) The Mariner.
(d) The Polar Spirit.

2. What adjective describes the eye of the Mariner?
(a) Sparkling.
(b) Winking.
(c) Bloody.
(d) Glittering.

3. What does the Epigraph help the reader to see in the poem?
(a) The necessity of mercy.
(b) The impossibility of truth.
(c) The value of foresight.
(d) The importance of invisible Nature.

4. Who is the author of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
(a) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(b) John Donne.
(c) William Wordsworth.
(d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

5. How many parts are there in the poem?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the men the Mariner meets going?

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

3. Why does the Albatross come to the ship?

4. Which Ocean is the ship described as entering?

5. What is the "Line"?

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