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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Mariner reassure the Guest?
(a) That the crew is alive.
(b) That the story is almost over.
(c) That the Mariner is alive.
(d) That the wedding just begins.

2. The Mariner's heart is as:
(a) Dry as dust.
(b) Heavy as a stone.
(c) Cold as ice.
(d) Empty as an abyss.

3. What "thousand thousand" things live on?
(a) Angry spirits.
(b) The crew.
(c) Birds.
(d) Slimy things.

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

5. What sort of weather is occurring when the Ship begins to move?
(a) Gently raining.
(b) Snowing.
(c) Storming.
(d) Calm.

6. After the Mariner feels unexpected love, what is he able to do?
(a) See.
(b) Move.
(c) Cry.
(d) Pray.

7. To what is the ocean subservient?
(a) The Moon.
(b) The Mariner.
(c) The Polar Spirit.
(d) The Sun.

8. Whose are the two voices the Mariner hears while unconscious?
(a) Death and Life-in-Death.
(b) The spirits.
(c) Two members of the crew.
(d) The Polar Spirit and the Albatross.

9. Which of the following does the Mariner NOT describe seeing when he returns to his country?
(a) A familiar ship.
(b) A hill.
(c) The lighthouse.
(d) The kirk.

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

11. The Mariner thinks the objects he watches in the moonlight are:
(a) Hideous.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Boring.
(d) Terrifying.

12. What comes between the Mariner's Ship and the sun?
(a) A sea monster.
(b) The newly arrived ship.
(c) Mist.
(d) The Polar Spirit.

13. Where does the Ship go when the Mariner awakes after fainting?
(a) A new land.
(b) The polar region.
(c) The Line.
(d) The Mariner's home country.

14. When the Mariner awakes after the Heavenly sleep, what does he "almost" think happens?
(a) He is dreaming the whole time.
(b) The crew is playing a trick on him.
(c) The Ship goes back to the land of mist and snow.
(d) He dies in his sleep.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects are at the Mariner's feet during his suffering in Part IV?

2. What happens at midday while the Ship is being crewed by the dead men?

3. Which color is NOT used to describe the objects the Mariner watches in the moonlight?

4. When the dead men rise, what is the most significant thing they do?

5. Who lies dead on the Ship at the beginning of Part IV?

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