Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Why/how is the wedding guest lured into hearing the Ancient Mariner's tale?

• He is bewitched by his glittering eye

• He recognizes the old man from his past

• He has an albatross around his neck

• He has a long beard

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What was the first obstacle the Mariner's ship encountered?

• A Still Sea

• Icy Waters

• A Terrible Storm

• Thick Fog

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What approached the ship while it was trapped in icy waters?

• Another Ship

• An Albatross

• Mermaids

• A Giant Whale

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What is the Mariner's crime/sin?

• He betrayed his captain.

• He let a shipmate drown.

• He killed an Albatross.

• He stole the crew's belongings.

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Who are the passengers of the skeletal, supernatural ship?

• Death and Life in Death

• Davy Jones

• Pirates

• The Ancient Mariner and his crew

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What literary/poetic device is being used in the following lines?

"Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

• Personification

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Which of the following best explains how the extreme dehydration of the Mariner and his companions contributes to the story?

• The supernatural events that unfold could be a result of hallucinations, which calls the Mariner's credibility into question.

• The suffering and eventual deaths of the shipmates seems more tragic and drawn out.

• The lack of water on the ship makes the Mariner and his shipmates appear more naive and unprepared.

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What poetic device is being used in the following lines?

"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,

The furrow followed free;"

• End Rhyme

• Alliteration

• Internal Rhyme

• Assonance

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The following lines are an example of which poetic device?

"Instead of the cross, the Albatross

About my neck was hung."

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• End Rhyme

• Internal Rhyme

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Why is the Mariner made to wear the Albatross around his neck?

• To carry around his crime and his guilt

• To remind him of the friend he lost

• To show everyone he is innocent

• To mark him as the death ship's next victim

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