Rime of the Ancient Mariner Review

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

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

• A Still Sea

• Icy Waters

• A Terrible Storm

• Thick Fog

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

• Another Ship

• An Albatross

• Mermaids

• A Giant Whale

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.

Who are the passengers of the skeletal, supernatural ship?

• Death and Life in Death

• Davy Jones

• Pirates

• The Ancient Mariner and his crew

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

"Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Irony

• Personification

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.

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

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

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