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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example of the Mariner's does the rest of the crew follow?
(a) They go to sleep.
(b) They also kick their legs.
(c) They also drink their own blood.
(d) They write each other notes.

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

3. What do the speakers the Mariner hears while unconscious say is not yet over for the Mariner?
(a) His journey.
(b) His punishment.
(c) His story.
(d) The wedding.

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

5. Who does the Mariner find himself working beside, "knee to knee"?
(a) The captain.
(b) His brother.
(c) The helmsman.
(d) His nephew.

6. What are Death and the Woman doing?
(a) Laughing wildly.
(b) Casting dice.
(c) Making a coffin.
(d) Painting the mariners.

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

8. What does the Mariner watch in the moonlight?
(a) Water-snakes.
(b) Death and Life-in-Death.
(c) The corpses of the crew.
(d) Death-fires.

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

10. What happens at midday while the Ship is being crewed by the dead men?
(a) The Ship re-enters the polar region.
(b) The Albatross returns.
(c) The Mariner becomes ill.
(d) The Ship stops and begins heaving.

11. When the dead men rise, what is the most significant thing they do?
(a) Groan.
(b) Tlak to each other.
(c) Not move their eyes.
(d) Not speak.

12. What comforts the Mariner when he awakes after fainting?
(a) A wind.
(b) The Sun.
(c) The Polar Spirit.
(d) The Moon.

13. What does the Mariner do, without realizing it, after watching the objects in the moonlight?
(a) Curses the water-snakes.
(b) Blesses the water-snakes.
(c) Curses the corpses of the crew.
(d) Praises Death and Life-in-Death.

14. What objects are at the Mariner's feet during his suffering in Part IV?
(a) Books.
(b) The dead.
(c) The sea creatures.
(d) Death and Life-in-Death.

15. When can the Mariner not do again when he awakes after fainting?
(a) Speak.
(b) Pray.
(c) Leave the Ship.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the moon described?

2. Who sends the "gentle sleep from Heaven"?

3. Who is guiding, not steering, the Ship while it is being crewed by the dead men?

4. How many passengers are on the ship that arrives?

5. When the Mariner awakes after the Heavenly sleep, what does he find?

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