Rime of the Ancient Mariner

What is NOT a theme found in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”?

• Respect your community

• Birds should not be killed with a crossbow.

Why does the albatross finally fall from the Mariner’s neck?

• His guilt is forgiven.

• Nature was calling the albatross to return.

Who was on the ship that approached the Mariner's one? What are they doing?

• Death and Life-in-Death, playing dice for the Mariner and sailor's souls.

• Death and Life, playing dice for the Mariner and sailor's souls.

What does the albatross symbolize hanging around the Mariner’s neck symbolize?

• It is a symbol for death and Christ’s forgiveness.

• It is a sign of his crime and represents the Holy Cross.

The setting at the beginning and end of the poem is the same wedding celebration. This is a clue that "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a ....

• short story

• epic poem

• frame narrative

• novella

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

The Mariner is only able to pray after

• he sees the beauty of the sea snakes and spontaneously blesses them.

• he cuts off the albatross and throws it overboard.

• he figures out that the Polar Spirit is angry with him

• his body is taken over by an angelic spirit.

Who are the passengers of the skeletal, supernatural ship?

• Death and Life in Death

• Davy Jones

• Pirates

• The Ancient Mariner and his crew

In the Mariner’s tale, what happens to the ship shortly after it sets out to sea?

• The ship carries the crew to the east.

• The ship encounters severe weather and blows them off course.

What effect does the Mariner have on the Wedding Guest?

• He is spellbound by him.

• He is scared by him.