The Rime of Ancient Mariner

To whom does the Mariner tell his tale?

• A wedding guest
• The albatross
• Another mariner
• The pilot

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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 did the albatross symbolize when it first appears?

• there is land near

• good luck

• dinner

• evil

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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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What does the albatross symbolize after it is hung around the mariner's neck?

• All birds

• The crew

• Death

• Guilt

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"Day after day, day after day, / We stuck, nor breath nor motion; / As idle as a painted ship / Upon a painted ocean." (lines 115-118) -- What is the central literary device within this stanza from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?

• simile

• repetition

• personification

• metaphor

• foreshadowing

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What specific physical problem do the crewmen face?

• They are to be executed.
• Their mouths dry up.
• They fall asleep.
• They fall overboard.

What should be the shipmates' first clue that there is something supernatural about the approaching ship in Part 3?

• It is glowing.

• It is moving without any wind.

• It is larger than any other ship.

• It is transparent.

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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 is the result of the bet?

• 200 men die
• The Mariner is killed.
• The Mariner's nephew won't speak to him.
• The ship is forced to return home.