2. What do the sailors initially believe the Albatross had favorably done for them?
(a) Make the wind blow.
(b) Made the fog disappear.
(c) Make it rain.
(d) Make it warm.

3. From what work of Thomas Burnet's does the Epigraph derive?
(a) The Consolation of Philosophy.
(b) De Anima.
(c) Divinia Commedia.
(d) Archaeologiae Philosophicae.

4. What color is the ice?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Silver.
(d) White.

5. The water is compared to what mystical substance?
(a) Witch's oil.
(b) Dragon fire.
(c) Greek fire.
(d) Tears of a Mermaid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Thomas Burnet say people study invisible Nature?

2. What does Thomas Burnet say happens to the mind that does not contemplate the invisible Nature?

3. Why does the Albatross come to the ship?

4. What kinds of worlds are implied in the Epigraph?

5. How many of the men does the Mariner stop?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is meant by "Life-in-Death begins her work on the Mariner?" What is her work?

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

5. Why do you think there is such a strong emphasis placed on the Mariner's eye in Part I?

6. 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?

7. Why is it important for man to remain objective in his studies of the two Natures?

8. Why is the Epigraph important to the text of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem?

9. What does it mean to be "vigilant for truth" and to "maintain proportion?"

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

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