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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. What is the main theme of the poem?
(a) The study of Natures.
(b) The problem of Greed.
(c) The pursuit of Freedom.
(d) The adventures of Sea-Travel.

2. How many of the men does the Mariner stop?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

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

4. What are the notes?
(a) A shorter summation of the poem.
(b) Thomas Burnet's footnotes.
(c) The contents of the Mariner's journal.
(d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge's notes to himself about the poem.

5. At what time of day does the Albatross die?
(a) Night.
(b) Early Morning.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are seen dancing at night?

2. What comes through the snow-fog and is joyfully received?

3. Which form of Nature does this poem focus on?

4. In what year is the Epigraph added to the poem?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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. For what reasons are there differences between the text of the poem and the text of the notes, such as Life-in-Death only being referenced as the "Spectre-Woman" in the notes?

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

5. Why is it important that the notes make it clear that Life-in-Death wins the Mariner in her game of dice with Death?

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

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

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

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

10. Where and why is the Ship stranded?

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