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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many men does the Mariner meet?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.
2. Who wins the ancient Mariner?
(a) Death.
(b) The Pilot.
(c) The Hermit.
(d) Life-in-Death.
3. What does the Guest command the Mariner to do?
(a) Prepare the Ship.
(b) Tell his story.
(c) Let him go.
(d) Join the wedding procession.
4. Which form of Nature does this poem focus on?
(a) The spiritual.
(b) The visible.
(c) The human.
(d) The invisible.
5. What does the Mariner ask the Hermit to do?
(a) To bring him home.
(b) To absolve him of his sins.
(c) To repair his boat.
(d) To help him bury his shipmates.
6. Who, are some sailors assured in their dreams, follows the Ship?
(a) The Polar Spirit.
(b) Two evil spirits.
(c) The ghost of the Albatross.
(d) Giant sea creatures.
7. As what colors does the water appear to burn?
(a) Red, gold, and green.
(b) Green, blue, and white.
(c) Gold, purple, and blue.
(d) Red, orange, and yellow.
8. How high is the ice in the polar region?
(a) Mast high.
(b) Higher than can be seen.
(c) Bow high.
(d) Below the water.
9. What is the overall tone of the Epigraph?
(a) Negative.
(b) Confused.
(c) Speculative.
(d) Optimistic.
10. When the ship reaches the Line, what is over the mast at noon?
(a) The Sun.
(b) A sail.
(c) The Albatross.
(d) The Lighthouse.
11. What does the Mariner see in the moonlight?
(a) The Pilot's boat.
(b) The Albatross.
(c) Creatures of the great calm.
(d) Death.
12. 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.
13. What adjective describes the eye of the Mariner?
(a) Winking.
(b) Sparkling.
(c) Glittering.
(d) Bloody.
14. What comes upon the Ship when it reaches the Line?
(a) The Storm-blast.
(b) Snow.
(c) Total calm.
(d) The Sickness.
15. Where does the Guest sit?
(a) On a stone.
(b) In a chair.
(c) On the ground.
(d) On a bench.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the "Line"?
2. After reaching the Line, in what direction does the Ship go?
3. Who is the author of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
4. What is a synonym of the word "Rime" in the poem's title?
5. How does the Ship's journey begin?
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