What is one technique that Gustave Doré used to recreate the atmosphere from the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in his illustrations for it?

a. very small short stabs
b. long, thick vertical incisions
c. adding color to the wood block
d. using multiple blocks for one print
e. stenciling designs onto the block

a. very small short stabs

a. Correct. These freely made stabs mimic the effect of falling snow.
b. Incorrect. Long thick incisions would not create the misty conditions of the scene he was trying to illustrate.
c. Incorrect. These ink prints are in black and white.
d. Incorrect. These prints were made with one block per print.
e. Incorrect. Doré did not use stenciling in his design.