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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Lines 224-291.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What example of the Mariner's does the rest of the crew follow?
(a) They also kick their legs.
(b) They write each other notes.
(c) They also drink their own blood.
(d) They go to sleep.

3. What hangs around the Mariner's neck?
(a) A medallion.
(b) Death's dice cup.
(c) The dead Albatross.
(d) A noose.

4. When do the Mariner's shipmates "drop down dead"?
(a) When the scary ship leaves.
(b) At the rising of the sun.
(c) At the rising of the moon.
(d) At the setting of the sun.

5. What comes upon the Ship when it reaches the Line?
(a) The Sickness.
(b) The Storm-blast.
(c) Snow.
(d) Total calm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who takes pity on the Mariner after he watches the objects in the moonlight?

3. What does the phrase, "Day after day, day after day" suggest?

4. What distracts the Guest?

5. What is the main theme of the poem?

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