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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. Who goes before the bride into the Wedding hall?
(a) The Guest.
(b) Horses.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Minstrels.

2. What is the name of the learned Jew?
(a) Marcus Aurelius.
(b) Tacitus.
(c) Michael Psellus.
(d) Josephus.

3. What are seen dancing at night?
(a) Spirits.
(b) Sea creatures.
(c) Death-fires.
(d) The Mariners.

4. What distracts the Guest?
(a) Bridal Music.
(b) The Mariner's beard.
(c) His wife.
(d) An Albatross.

5. What other Nature is studied in the poem?
(a) Demonic.
(b) Animal.
(c) Human.
(d) Inanimate.

Short Answer Questions

1. After reaching the Line, in what direction does the Ship go?

2. How does the Guest listen to the Mariner?

3. What initially changes the sailors' minds about the Albatross, to think negatively of it, after it dies?

4. How many men does the Mariner meet?

5. What is the main theme of the poem?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Albatross hang around the neck of the Mariner?

2. Why might it be significant that the crew cannot speak as part of their punishment?

3. What is significant about the lengthy explanation of invisible Spirits towards the end of Part II?

4. The Mariner has a look of intense regret on his face towards the end of Part I. Why does the Mariner look so, and why is it important?

5. Is the crew superstitious? If so, give two examples.

6. Why do you think that the character listening to the Mariner is a wedding guest?

7. Briefly explain what you take to be the significance of the Mariner shooting the Albatross with a crossbow.

8. What are some of the punishments of the crew?

9. Describe Thomas Burnet's overall attitude towards the invisible Nature.

10. Who is responsible for the becalming of the Ship, and how is this known?

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