Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Question 1

“it … mariner”

part 1

Answer 1

“it is an ancient mariner”

Question 2

“he … eye”

part 1

Answer 2

“he holds him with his glittering eye”

Question 3

“he … hear”

part 1

Answer 3

“he cannot choose but hear”

Question 4

“now … strong”

part 1

Answer 4

“now the storm blast came and he was tyrannous and strong”

Question 5

“the ice … howled”

part 1

Answer 5

“the ice was here, the ice was there, the ice was all around: it cracked and growled and roared and howled”

Question 6

“as if … name”

part 1

Answer 6

“as if it had been a Christian soul, we hailed it in God’s name”

Question 7

“with … albatross”

part 1

Answer 7

“with my cross-bow I shot the albatross”

Question 8

“and I … to blow”

part 2

Answer 8

“and I had done a hellish thing … I had killed the bird that made the breeze to blow”

Question 9

“we were … sea”

part 2

Answer 9

“we were the first that ever burst into that silent sea”

Question 10

“as idle … ocean”

part 2

Answer 10

“as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean”

Question 11

“water … drink”

part 2

Answer 11

“water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink”

Question 12

“slimy … sea”

part 2

Answer 12

“slimy things did crawl with legs upon the slimy sea”

Question 13

“instead … hung”

part 2

Answer 13

“instead of the cross, the albatross about my neck was hung”

Question 14

“with … baked”

part 3

Answer 14

“with throats unslaked and black lips baked”

Question 15

“each … his eye”

part 3

Answer 15

“each turned his face with a ghastly pang, and cursed me with his eye”

Question 16

“four … by one”

part 3

Answer 16

“four times fifty living men … with heavy thump, a lifeless lump, they dropped down one by one”

Question 17

“and every … cross-bow”

part 3

Answer 17

“and every soul, it passed me by, like the whizz of my cross-bow”

Question 18

“alone … sea”

part 4

Answer 18

“alone alone, all all alone, alone on a wide wide sea”

Question 19

“and a … so did I”

part 4

Answer 19

“and a thousand thousand slimy things lived on and so did i”

Question 20

“I looked … gusht”

part 4

Answer 20

“I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; but or ever a prayer had gusht”

Question 21

“more … not die”

part 4

Answer 21

“more horrible than that is the curse in a dead man’s eye. Seven day, seven nights, I saw that curse, and yet I could not die”

Question 22

“a spring … unaware”

part 4

Answer 22

“a spring of love gushed from my heart and I blessed them unaware”

Question 23

“the … the sea”

part 4

Answer 23

“the albatross fell off, and sank like lead into the sea”

Question 24

“she sent … soul”

part 5

Answer 24

“she sent the gentle sleep from heaven, that slid into my soul”

Question 25

“they … crew”

part 5

Answer 25

“they raised their limbs like lifeless tools - were a ghastly crew”

Question 26

“the man … do”

part 5

Answer 26

“the man hath penance done, and penance more will do”

Question 27

“the … row”

part 7

Answer 27

“the devil knows how to row”

Question 28

“that … me burns”

part 7

Answer 28

“that agony returns: and till my ghastly tale is told, this heart within me burns”

Question 29

“I have … speech”

part 7

Answer 29

“I have strange power of speech”

Question 30

“he prayeth … beast”

part 7

Answer 30

“he prayeth well, who liveth well, both man and bird and beast”

Question 31

“a sadder … morn”

part 7

Answer 31

“a sadder and a wiser man, he rose the morrow morn”