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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the crew think of the Albatross?
(a) As a navigator.
(b) As a good omen.
(c) As a bad omen.
(d) As a messenger from the gods.

2. How many parts are there in the poem?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

3. Slimy things are seen crawling with legs upon the slimy what?
(a) Sea.
(b) Reef.
(c) Ship.
(d) Mariners.

4. After the removal of the curse, what does the Mariner behold?
(a) The Albatross.
(b) Creatures of the great calm.
(c) A temple.
(d) His native land.

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

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

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

8. By what instrument is the Guest distracted?
(a) A harpsichord.
(b) A bassoon.
(c) A flute.
(d) An oboe.

9. Who, are some sailors assured in their dreams, follows the Ship?
(a) Giant sea creatures.
(b) Two evil spirits.
(c) The Polar Spirit.
(d) The ghost of the Albatross.

10. What does Thomas Burnet say we must keep a sense of?
(a) Natures.
(b) Proportion.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Better worlds.

11. What is a synonym of the word "Rime" in the poem's title?
(a) Ice.
(b) Boat.
(c) Skin.
(d) Verse.

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

13. What does the Hermit instruct the Mariner to teach others?
(a) To love and reverence all things made by God.
(b) To live a solitary life of peace.
(c) To fight the evil spirits who terrorize man throughout the world.
(d) To never kill animals.

14. After reaching the Line, in what direction does the Ship go?
(a) West.
(b) South-West.
(c) East.
(d) South.

15. Who/what arises on the left of the Ship, from the sea?
(a) The Sun.
(b) The Mariner.
(c) The Albatross.
(d) The Polar Spirit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the ice do to frighten the sailors?

2. Epigraph means:

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

4. What does the Mariner see in the moonlight?

5. When the ship reaches the Line, what is over the mast at noon?

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