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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. By what instrument is the Guest distracted?
(a) A flute.
(b) A bassoon.
(c) An oboe.
(d) A harpsichord.

2. What does the Mariner see in the moonlight?
(a) The Pilot's boat.
(b) Creatures of the great calm.
(c) The Albatross.
(d) Death.

3. From what work of Thomas Burnet's does the Epigraph derive?
(a) De Anima.
(b) Divinia Commedia.
(c) The Consolation of Philosophy.
(d) Archaeologiae Philosophicae.

4. What is the relationship between the Guest and the Bridegroom?
(a) Close friends.
(b) Co-workers.
(c) Next of kin.
(d) Distant cousins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year is the Epigraph added to the poem?

2. What question does Thomas Burnet ask about these natures?

3. At what time of day does the Albatross die?

4. What comes upon the Ship when it reaches the Line?

5. Thomas Burnet says man must be vigilant of:

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