Question

Read the passage.

“Too quick for groan or sigh, Each turned his face with a ghastly pang And cursed me with his eye.… (And I heard nor sigh nor groan) With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down one by one.”
In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” why doesn’t the Mariner hear any of the men sigh or groan as they die?

A:They are cursing him instead of sighing and groaning.
B:They turn away and won’t look or speak to the Mariner.
C:They were making too much noise thumping on the deck.
D:They sicken and die too quickly to make any sound.

Answer 1

Answer:They were making too much noise thumping on the deck.

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Answer 2

C is the answer. Because he states Too quick for groan or sigh its not A because they curse him with their eyes it wasn't a real curse, Its not B because they turned their face with a ghastly pang, Its not D because they died but they still made thumping sounds.