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"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Parts 1-3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

He is bewitched by his glittering eye

b)

He recognizes the old man from his past

c)

He has an albatross around his neck

d)

He has a long beard

2.

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

a)

A Still Sea

b)

Icy Waters

c)

A Terrible Storm

d)

Thick Fog

3.

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

a)

Another Ship

b)

An Albatross

c)

Mermaids

d)

A Giant Whale

4.

What is the Mariner's crime/sin?

a)

He betrayed his captain.

b)

He let a shipmate drown.

c)

He killed an Albatross.

d)

He stole the crew's belongings.

5.

Who are the passengers of the skeletal, supernatural ship?

a)

Death and Life in Death

b)

Davy Jones

c)

Pirates

d)

The Ancient Mariner and his crew

6.

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

"Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Irony

d)

Personification

7.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

8.

What poetic device is being used in the following lines?

"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew,

The furrow followed free;"

a)

End Rhyme

b)

Alliteration

c)

Internal Rhyme

d)

Assonance

9.

The following lines are an example of which poetic device?

"Instead of the cross, the Albatross

About my neck was hung."

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

End Rhyme

d)

Internal Rhyme

10.

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

a)

To carry around his crime and his guilt

b)

To remind him of the friend he lost

c)

To show everyone he is innocent

d)

To mark him as the death ship's next victim

11.

Who or what is the "spirit" plaguing the ship?

a)

The dead captain

b)

The Ancient Mariner

c)

The Albatross

d)

Life in Death

12.

Which elements are repeated throughout the story?

Select all that apply.

a)

Eyes

b)

The number nine

c)

Birds

d)

Death

13.

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

a)

It is glowing.

b)

It is moving without any wind.

c)

It is larger than any other ship.

d)

It is transparent.

14.

What figurative language device is being used in the following stanza?

"And straight the Sun was flecked with bars,

(Heaven's Mother send us grace!)

As if through a dungeon-grate he peered

With broad and burning face."

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Idiom

15.

Why are the Mariner's shipmates also cursed?

a)

They helped him with his crime.

b)

They didn't stop him from committing his crime.

c)

They thought what he did was funny.

d)

They justified his crime.