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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year is the Epigraph added to the poem?
(a) 1767.
(b) 1692.
(c) 1817.
(d) 1798.

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

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

4. When do the Mariner's shipmates "drop down dead"?
(a) At the rising of the moon.
(b) At the setting of the sun.
(c) At the rising of the sun.
(d) When the scary ship leaves.

5. No _______ comes to the crew's ________.
(a) Joy, hearts.
(b) Rest, minds.
(c) Bird, hollo.
(d) Answer, prayers.

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

7. How long does the good weather last?
(a) Until the ship reaches the Line.
(b) Until the Ship reaches the South Pole.
(c) Until Thursday.
(d) There is no good weather.

8. What do the boards of the Ship do?
(a) Splinter.
(b) Shrink.
(c) Snap.
(d) Creak.

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

10. Which of these words best describes the crew?
(a) Superstitious.
(b) Cunning.
(c) Despairing.
(d) Loyal.

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

12. What hangs around the Mariner's neck?
(a) The dead Albatross.
(b) A metal cross.
(c) A medallion.
(d) A noose.

13. At what time of day does the Albatross die?
(a) Early Morning.
(b) Night.
(c) Evening.
(d) Afternoon.

14. What adjective describes the eye of the Mariner?
(a) Sparkling.
(b) Winking.
(c) Bloody.
(d) Glittering.

15. After the fog lifts, what suddenly happens to the Ship?
(a) It is becalmed.
(b) It runs into a reef.
(c) The main mast breaks.
(d) It begins to sink.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thomas Burnet think the Natures are studied?

2. What are seen dancing at night?

3. Where are the men the Mariner meets going?

4. What does the Mariner ask the Hermit to do?

5. What two Natures does Thomas Burnet say there are?

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