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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Mariner envy the Moon and stars?
(a) They have friends.
(b) They are in the sky.
(c) They move.
(d) They are pure.

2. What leaves the bodies of the crew?
(a) Demonic spirits.
(b) Angelic spirits.
(c) Strange spirits.
(d) Their souls.

3. All of the sailors, including the Mariner, are mute by extreme thirst. How does he tell them what he sees?
(a) He draws a picture.
(b) He kicks his legs violently.
(c) Drinks his own blood.
(d) He writes a note.

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

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

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

7. What does the person working beside the Mariner say to him?
(a) Hello.
(b) Nothing.
(c) We are going home.
(d) God bless you.

8. What does the Guest fear at the beginning of Part IV?
(a) That the Mariner is a spirit.
(b) That all the crew die.
(c) That the wedding is almost over.
(d) The rest of the story.

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

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

11. How many days and nights does the Mariner see the curse?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Three.

12. What slides into the soul of the Mariner?
(a) Peace.
(b) Love.
(c) Anger.
(d) Sleep.

13. Who sends the "gentle sleep from Heaven"?
(a) Mary.
(b) Angels.
(c) The Albatross.
(d) The gods.

14. What color shadows does the Mariner see?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Orange.
(d) Green.

15. What does the Mariner hear after waking from the Heavenly sleep?
(a) A roaring wind.
(b) A woman crying.
(c) The Ship groaning.
(d) The screams of the crew.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who takes pity on the Mariner after he watches the objects in the moonlight?

3. How does the Mariner describe the sails of the other ship?

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

5. Why must the Mariner remain unconscious?

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