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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. How is the area into which the Ship first enters, after passing the Line, described?
(a) Calm, humid.
(b) Chilly, windy.
(c) Hot, tropical.
(d) Cold, icy.

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

3. What stops the Guest?
(a) A locked gate.
(b) The Mariner's eye.
(c) A large stone.
(d) Armed guards.

4. What comes through the snow-fog and is joyfully received?
(a) The Guest.
(b) The Pilot.
(c) An Albatross.
(d) The Polar Spirit.

5. How are the bodies of the crew re-animated?
(a) By witchcraft.
(b) By angelic spirits.
(c) By Life-in-Death.
(d) By demonic spirits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mariner see in the moonlight?

2. Who is the original author of the poem's Epigraph?

3. With what is the Mariner refreshed?

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

5. In what direction does the ship initially sail?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the notes important to the poem?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. Describe the interaction between the mariners and the Albatross.

7. 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"?

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

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

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

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