To whom does the Ancient Mariner tell his story in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” ?

Related Mcqs:

1. In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” what kind of animal does the Mariner kill ?

   A. A hawk
   B. A nightingale
   C. A dove
   D. An albatross

2. In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, why does the Mariner kill the albatross ?

   A. For revenge
   B. To change the weather
   C. To bring forth life-in-death
   D. It is never directly stated why he does so.

3. In “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” who is the “he” referred to in the lines “A sadder and a wiser man\He rose the morrow morn.” ?

   A. Life-in-Death
   B. The Ancient Mariner
   C. The Wedding Guest
   D. The ship’s captain

4. In coleridge’s poem ’The rime of the Ancient Mariner’where were the three gallants going ?

   A. A funeral
   B. A wedding
   C. Market
   D. To the races

5. Who is the author of ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ ?

   A. William Wordsworth
   B. S. T. Coleridge
   C. W. Somerset Maugham
   D. Sir Walter Scott

6. The cautious old gentleman knit his brows tenfold closer after this explanation, being sorely puzzled by the ratiocination of the syllogism; while methought the one in pepper and salt eyed him with something of a triumphant leer. At length he observed, that all this was very well, but still he thought the story a little extravagant – there were one or two points on which he had his doubts. “Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one half of it myself.” This passage exemplifies_____________?

   A. Narrative frame
   B. Hortatory sermon
   C. Snaring
   D. Jamming

7. Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner could be said to be suffering from an overwhelming feeling of ___________?

   A. Guilt
   B. Disbelief
   C. Hatred
   D. Love

8. Which bird did the Ancient Mariner kill ?

   A. Seagull
   B. Albatross
   C. Humming Bird
   D. Crow

9. In Charles Chesnutt’s “The Goophered Grape Vine,” why does Uncle Julius tell the Northern visitors the story of the spell put on the grapes ?

   A. To describe the horrors of life on the Post-bellum plantation.
   B. To explain his religious views.
   C. To amuse the narrator’s sickly wife.
   D. So they won’t interrupt his income from the neglected grape harvest.

10. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with thåe old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother’s heels, equipped in a pair of his father’s cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. What are “galligaskins” ?

    A. Long, wide petticoats
    B. A trench-coat
    C. Loose, wide breeches
    D. Underpants