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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does the Guest sit?
(a) On a stone.
(b) On a bench.
(c) On the ground.
(d) In a chair.
2. How is the area into which the Ship first enters, after passing the Line, described?
(a) Chilly, windy.
(b) Hot, tropical.
(c) Calm, humid.
(d) Cold, icy.
3. What does Thomas Burnet think people ought to do about these natures?
(a) Study them.
(b) Destroy them.
(c) Not study them.
(d) Ignore them.
4. How many parts are there in the poem?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Two.
5. By what instrument is the Guest distracted?
(a) A flute.
(b) An oboe.
(c) A bassoon.
(d) A harpsichord.
Short Answer Questions
1. From what work of Thomas Burnet's does the Epigraph derive?
2. Who goes before the bride into the Wedding hall?
3. What does the Epigraph help the reader to see in the poem?
4. As what colors does the water appear to burn?
5. What hangs around the Mariner's neck?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where and why is the Ship stranded?
2. What is meant, in the third part, by, "at a dear ransom he freeth his speech from the bonds of thirst"? Why is this important?
3. Why is it important that the notes make it clear that Life-in-Death wins the Mariner in her game of dice with Death?
4. What is significant about the Albatross being mentioned explicitly as a bird of good omen in the notes, and not in the Mariner's relation of the tale?
5. Why does the Albatross hang around the neck of the Mariner?
6. Is the crew superstitious? If so, give two examples.
7. What is meant by "Life-in-Death begins her work on the Mariner?" What is her work?
8. Why do you think there is such a strong emphasis placed on the Mariner's eye in Part I?
9. What does Thomas Burnet mean by saying "it is sometimes beneficial to contemplate, in thought, as in a picture, the image of a greater and better world"?
10. What seems to be significant about the Guest's compulsion to listen to the Mariner's story?
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