Question

Read the passage. He holds him with his skinny hand, “Hold off! unhand me, graybeard loon!” Eftsoons his hand dropped he. He holds him with his glittering eye— The Wedding Guest stood still, And listens like a three years’ child… In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, how does the Mariner get the Wedding Guest to stay and listen to his story?
The Mariner leads the Wedding Guest aboard a ship and won’t let him off until he listens.

The Mariner captures the Wedding Guest’s attention with a strange, glittering look.

The Mariner tells the Wedding Guest that even a three-year-old would like the story.

The Mariner holds onto the Wedding Guest with his hand to stop the Guest from leaving.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. The Mariner captures the Wedding Guest’s attention with a strange, glittering look.
The Wedding Guest can help but be interested in what the Mariner has to say once he say his strange, glittering look. It seems as though his story is an interesting one, worth hearing, which is why he stays in order to hear the Mariner's odd tale.

Answer 2

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the Mariner get the Wedding Guest to stay and listen to his story by The Mariner captures the Wedding Guest’s attention with a strange, glittering look. The answer would be B.

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