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

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

3. What is a synonym of the word "Rime" in the poem's title?
(a) Boat.
(b) Skin.
(c) Verse.
(d) Ice.

4. What question does Thomas Burnet ask about these natures?
(a) Who explains the invisible Nature to us?
(b) Who explains the visible Nature?
(c) How does man distinguish between the visible and invisible?
(d) Where do the Natures reside?

5. What kinds of worlds are implied in the Epigraph?
(a) Real and imaginary.
(b) Old and new.
(c) Living and dead.
(d) Natural and supernatural.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what is the Mariner refreshed?

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

3. Who is the original author of the poem's Epigraph?

4. How many parts are there in the poem?

5. How does the crew think of the Albatross?

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