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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Lines 83-142.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Albatross come to the ship?
(a) To sleep on the mast.
(b) To frighten the crew.
(c) To steal the crew's food.
(d) For food and play.

2. Why are the sailors being becalmed?
(a) As punishment for entering the region of mist and snow.
(b) As punishment for being superstitious.
(c) As punishment for blaming the Mariner.
(d) As punishment for killing the Albatross.

3. Where is the Ship after the fog lifts?
(a) The Indian Ocean.
(b) The Mariner's homeland.
(c) The region of ice and snow.
(d) The Line.

4. What are the notes?
(a) The contents of the Mariner's journal.
(b) A shorter summation of the poem.
(c) Thomas Burnet's footnotes.
(d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge's notes to himself about the poem.

5. How does the Ship's journey begin?
(a) Gloriously.
(b) Gloomily.
(c) Dangerously.
(d) Silently.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?

2. How many of the men does the Mariner stop?

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

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

5. After the fog lifts, what suddenly happens to the Ship?

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