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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Slimy things are seen crawling with legs upon the slimy what?
(a) Mariners.
(b) Reef.
(c) Sea.
(d) Ship.
2. When the ship reaches the Line, what is over the mast at noon?
(a) The Lighthouse.
(b) The Sun.
(c) The Albatross.
(d) A sail.
3. Where are the men the Mariner meets going?
(a) To a council meeting.
(b) To a wedding.
(c) To a boat.
(d) To their graves.
4. What does Thomas Burnet think people ought to do about these natures?
(a) Ignore them.
(b) Study them.
(c) Destroy them.
(d) Not study them.
5. What does the Hermit instruct the Mariner to teach others?
(a) To never kill animals.
(b) To fight the evil spirits who terrorize man throughout the world.
(c) To live a solitary life of peace.
(d) To love and reverence all things made by God.
Short Answer Questions
1. After the removal of the curse, what does the Mariner behold?
2. Why do his shipmates cry out against the Mariner?
3. What does the phrase, "Day after day, day after day" suggest?
4. What are the notes?
5. When do the Mariner's shipmates "drop down dead"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the punishments of the crew?
2. What is meant, in the third part, by, "at a dear ransom he freeth his speech from the bonds of thirst"? Why is this important?
3. Who is responsible for the becalming of the Ship, and how is this known?
4. What is significant about the lengthy explanation of invisible Spirits towards the end of Part II?
5. Why do you think there is such a strong emphasis placed on the Mariner's eye in Part I?
6. Why do you think that the character listening to the Mariner is a wedding guest?
7. Why are the notes important to the poem?
8. For what reasons are there differences between the text of the poem and the text of the notes, such as Life-in-Death only being referenced as the "Spectre-Woman" in the notes?
9. Why are the Sun and Storm-blast personified and how is their personification signified?
10. What is meant by "Life-in-Death begins her work on the Mariner?" What is her work?
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