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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who alters the text of the poem's Epigraph?
(a) Derek Roper.
(b) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(c) William Wordsworth.
(d) Thomas Burnet.

2. Who is the author of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
(a) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(b) William Wordsworth.
(c) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(d) John Donne.

3. Who/what hides in the mist?
(a) The Sun.
(b) The Spirit.
(c) The Mariner's nephew.
(d) The Mariner.

4. From where is the Ship followed?
(a) The land of mist and snow.
(b) The Mariner's homeland.
(c) The Pacific Ocean.
(d) The Line.

5. How many men does the Mariner meet?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Twelve.

6. How long is the poem's Epigraph?
(a) Two pages.
(b) A paragraph.
(c) Three paragraphs.
(d) Six pages.

7. What does the Guest command the Mariner to do?
(a) Prepare the Ship.
(b) Join the wedding procession.
(c) Let him go.
(d) Tell his story.

8. As what colors does the water appear to burn?
(a) Gold, purple, and blue.
(b) Red, orange, and yellow.
(c) Red, gold, and green.
(d) Green, blue, and white.

9. Which form of Nature does this poem focus on?
(a) The spiritual.
(b) The visible.
(c) The invisible.
(d) The human.

10. What stops the Guest?
(a) A locked gate.
(b) A large stone.
(c) Armed guards.
(d) The Mariner's eye.

11. What is the "Line"?
(a) A trading port.
(b) The equator.
(c) The edge of the world.
(d) North America.

12. How is the area into which the Ship first enters, after passing the Line, described?
(a) Calm, humid.
(b) Hot, tropical.
(c) Cold, icy.
(d) Chilly, windy.

13. What comes upon the Ship when it reaches the Line?
(a) Total calm.
(b) The Sickness.
(c) The Storm-blast.
(d) Snow.

14. The water is compared to what mystical substance?
(a) Witch's oil.
(b) Tears of a Mermaid.
(c) Dragon fire.
(d) Greek fire.

15. What do the sailors initially believe the Albatross had favorably done for them?
(a) Make it rain.
(b) Made the fog disappear.
(c) Make the wind blow.
(d) Make it warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the crew think of the Albatross?

2. What is the relationship between the Guest and the Bridegroom?

3. What are the notes?

4. Which of these words best describes the crew?

5. Thomas Burnet says man must be vigilant of:

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