Topic: Mcqs from Coleridge (Biography,works, The Rime of Ancient Mariner Text 50 lines,

Summary)

1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge best known for his poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner which
was an.

A. Allegorical poem

B. Pastoral poem

C. Romantic poem

D. Divine poem

Answer: A

2. Coleridge was born on.

A. 22 oct 1777

B. 21 oct 1773

C. 21 oct 1772

D. 25 oct 1772

Answer: C

3. Coleridge father was died when he was a young boy in.

A. 1781

B. 1782

C. 1783

D. 1784

Answer: A

4. Coleridge matriculated from.

A. Horvard college

B. Jesus college Cambridge

C. Britanica
Christ college

Answer: B

5. Coleridge and Robert Southey collaborated work was a.

A. Novel

B. Poem

C. Play

D. Short story

Answer: C

6. Coleridge married with Sara in.

A. 1795

B. 1796

C. 1798

D. 1797

Answer: A

7. In 1796 Coleridge first poem was published named.

A. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

B. An Eolian Harp

C. Ode to the Departing Year

D. My Prison

Answer: B

8. Overriding interests of Coleridge were.

A. Philosophy and psychology

B. Sociology and religion

C. Philosophy and religion

Answer: C

9. The joint work of Wordsworth and Coleridge was Lyrical Ballads published in.

A. Dec 1798

B. Oct 1798

C. Jun 1798

D. Sep 1798

Answer: D

10. The volume Lyrical Ballads was a collection of.

A. Twenty three poems

B. Twenty two poems

C. Twenty poems

D. Twenty five poems

Answer: A

11. The most famous poem of Coleridge was.

A. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

B. Kubla Khan

C. The Lime Tree Bower

D. Fears in solitude

Answer: B

12. After the return from Germany to England Coleridge had the miserable life for the next.

A. Ten years

B. Twenty years

C. Fifteen years
D. Twelve years

Answer: D

13. His only dramatic work was Osorio written in.

A. 1797

B. 1798

C. 1799

D. 1796

Answer: A

14. Coleridge spent most of the last 18 years of his life in.

A. Germany

B. London

C. England

D. France

Answer: B

15. Coleridge died on.

A. 22 July 1834

B. 21 June 1834

C. 25 July 1834

D. 26 July 1824

Answer: C

16. The Ancient Mariner shoot the birds with his crossbow the name of bird is.

A. Crow

B. Albatross

C. Dove
D. Swan

Answer: B

17. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a ballad but it can be described as.

A. Long narrative poem

B. Short narrative poem

C. Both a & b

D. None of these

Answer: A

18. In this poem the old man tell a tale to a wedding guest the tale is about.

A. Forest voyage

B. Sea voyage

C. Mountain voyage

D. None of these

Answer: B

19.The mariner and other sailor of his ship face the storm when they reached.

A. Near the bank sea

B. Equater the sea

C. Start the voyage

D. Few miles away

Answer: B

20. In this poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner the bird killed by.

A. Young mariner

B. An old mariner

C. Wedding guest
D. Other passenger

Answer: B

21. The tale told by an old mariner is use of.

A. Supernatural elements

B. Mysterious elements

C. Both a & b

C. None of these

Answer: C

22. The wedding guest declares that he fears mariner with his.

A. Glittering eye and skinny hand

B. Crossbow

C. Terrible tale

D. None of these

Answers: A

23. When the mariner killed the albatross the other sailors considered it the symbol of.

A. Bad luck

B. Good luck

C. Danger

D. Hope

Answer: B

24. The rime of ancient mariner poem divided by parts.

A. Six parts

B. Eight parts

C. Nine parts
D. Seven parts

Answer: D

25. In this poem The Rime of Ancient Mariner the old mariner traveling with.

A. Two hundred sailors

B. Three hundred sailor.

C. Hundred sailors

D. Four hundred sailors

Answer: A

26. The Mariner stops the young man to tell him the story of a.

A. Desert

B. Ship

C. Castle

D. None of these

Answer: B

27. The Wedding guest believes that the Mariner is a ghost because.

A. He is so thin and scary looking

B. His eyes color was red

C. His look was like dracula

D. None of these

Answer: A

28. The first thing the Ancient Mariner says to the wedding guest.

A. Hey you

B. Stop here

C. Listen stranger
D. Please listen to me

Answer: C

29. The Mariner's story begins with the ship leaving harbour and sailing.

A. Backward

B. Forward

C. Northward

D. Southward

Answer: D

30. The Mariner kills the Albatross because.

A. He associated the lack of wind with it

B. He was irritated

C. He was angry

D. None of these

Answer: A

31. The first thing the Ancient Mariner says to the wedding guest.

A. Hey you

B. Stop here

C. Listen stranger

D. Please listen to me

Answer: C

32. The crew hangs the Albatross.

A. On the ship

B. On a stick
C. Around Mariner's neck

D. None of these

Answer: C

33. The line Ship of deads moves without favourable winds is a symbol of.

A. Horror

B. Supernaturalism

C. Sinful act

D. Punishment

Answer: B

34. The poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is called a masterpiece of
Coleridge because of its combination of.

A. Morality with terror

B. Natural with supernatural elements

C. Horror with sea

D. Sin with regret

Answer: B

35. The sailors began to die.

A. Because of hunger

B. Due to fear

C. Of thrust

D. Due to cold

Answer: C
36. The Mariner endured his life on the ship for.

A. Three days and three nights

B. Seven days and seven nights

C. Seven days and six nights

D. Nine days and nine nights

Answer: B

37. Surrounded by the dead sailors and cursed continuesly by their gaze the
Mariner.

A. Tries to turn his eyes to heaven to pray

B. Tried to suicide

C. Want to jump into the sea

D. Tried to escape

Answer: A

38. The Ancient Mariner is punished by the.

A. Soul of the Albatross

B. Sailors

C. Natural world and spiritual world

D. Governor

Answer: C

39. Mariner's ship suddenly sinks, but he wakes to find himself.

A. On groud

B. In the pilot's boat

D. In a market

Answer: B

40. The Mariner hoped that the hermit could absolve him of his sin washing the
blood of the Albatross off.

A. His hands

B. His clothes

C. His soul

D. None of the above

Answer: C

41. To pay the penance of killing albatross Mariner must travel country to
country.

A. Telling his tale

B. To do business

C. For religious education

D. None of these

Answer: A

42. Mariner knows the right person to tell his tale as soon as he.

A. Talk to that person

B. Touch that person

C. Looks into that person's eyes

D. Seeing the person

43. Ancient Mariner says that the best way to become close to God is to.

A. Respect all of his creatures

B. Offer more and more prayers

C. Do charity

D. Safe money

Answer: A

44. And he stoppeth one of three 'By thy long beard and glittering eye these lines
are about.

A. An old man

B. An ancient mariner

C. A bird

D. A bridegroom

Answer:

45. Higher and higher everyday Till over the mast at Noon these lines are taken
from.

A. Lyrical ballads

B. Kubla Khan

C. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

D. The friend

Answer: C

46. The critical work of Coleridge named Biographia Literaria was published in.
A. 1815

B. 1816

C. 1817

D. 1818

Answer: C

47. The lines With sloping masts and dipping prow As who pursued with yell and
blow are from.

A. Biographia Literaria by Coleridge

B. Christable

C. Lyrical ballads

D. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Answer: D

48. The folklovers of all ages and countries abound in.

A. Tales of queens

B. Tales of magic and supernatural elements

C. Tales of princess

D. Tales of horror and Darkness

Answer: B

49. In the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Coleridge put a.

A. Horrible experience

B. Mourning sense

C. Regression
D. Moral lesson

Answer: D

50. Supernaturalism is the name of superpowers and it is against.

A. Nature

B. Spirit

C. Moral values

D. Humanity

Answer: A