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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes pity on the Mariner after he watches the objects in the moonlight?
(a) Life-in-Death.
(b) The Polar Spirit.
(c) Death.
(d) A saint.

2. How does the Mariner describe the sails of the other ship?
(a) Like parchment.
(b) Like gossameres.
(c) Like clouds.
(d) Like bedsheets.

3. What does the Mariner try to do, but cannot?
(a) Swim.
(b) Sing.
(c) Cry.
(d) Pray.

4. What forces are steering the Ship while the Mariner is unconscious?
(a) Demonic forces.
(b) The will of the Polar Spirit.
(c) The Southern Winds.
(d) Angelic forces.

5. What does the Mariner hear after the spirits make their form?
(a) Clinking chains.
(b) Oars.
(c) Yells.
(d) Nothing.

6. How does the Mariner describe time after the object hangs around his neck?
(a) Dreary.
(b) Fleeting.
(c) Weary.
(d) Still.

7. Who steers the Ship after the dead men rise?
(a) The Guest.
(b) The helmsman.
(c) The Mariner.
(d) The Mariner's brother.

8. What does the Mariner see at the Line?
(a) A sea creature.
(b) A cloud.
(c) Another Albatross.
(d) A ship.

9. Who lies dead on the Ship at the beginning of Part IV?
(a) The sea creatures.
(b) The Albatross.
(c) The Mariner.
(d) The crew.

10. The Mariner prays to God that if he is not awake, then let him be:
(a) Permanently asleep.
(b) Woken up quickly.
(c) Pinched.
(d) Dreaming.

11. In what does the Mariner see the curse?
(a) The eyes of the Albatross.
(b) The eyes of the crew.
(c) The setting of the Sun.
(d) The reflection of the Ship.

12. What does the Mariner feel when he wakes up after fainting?
(a) The curse.
(b) Joy.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Refreshment.

13. What is the first strange thing noticed about the movement of the object that approaches the Ship at the Line?
(a) It is not floating on the sea.
(b) It is moving very fast.
(c) It disappears and reappears at random.
(d) There is no wind or tide.

14. How many times does the Woman whistle?
(a) Three times.
(b) Zero times.
(c) Four times.
(d) One time.

15. What does the Woman win?
(a) The Ship.
(b) Death.
(c) The Albatross.
(d) The Mariner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Guest fear at the beginning of Part IV?

2. For how long is the Mariner unconscious after fainting?

3. What do the speakers the Mariner hears while unconscious say is not yet over for the Mariner?

4. Death is described as the Woman's:

5. When the Mariner awakes after the Heavenly sleep, what does he "almost" think happens?

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