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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. The Mariner's heart is as:
(a) Dry as dust.
(b) Cold as ice.
(c) Heavy as a stone.
(d) Empty as an abyss.
2. What does the Mariner hear after the spirits make their form?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Yells.
(c) Clinking chains.
(d) Oars.
3. Who does the Mariner hear talking while he is unconscious?
(a) Two spirits.
(b) The crew.
(c) His nephew.
(d) The Polar Spirit.
4. How is the moon described?
(a) New.
(b) Horned.
(c) Quarter.
(d) Full.
5. All of the sailors, including the Mariner, are mute by extreme thirst. How does he tell them what he sees?
(a) He writes a note.
(b) Drinks his own blood.
(c) He draws a picture.
(d) He kicks his legs violently.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many times does the Woman whistle?
2. How does the Mariner describe time after the object hangs around his neck?
3. At what time of day does the Mariner wake up after fainting?
4. For how long is the Mariner unconscious after fainting?
5. How does the Mariner describe the sails of the other ship?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the sounds the Mariner hears towards the end of Part VI, and how are they received by him?
2. What do the two spirits discuss at the end of Part V?
3. What happens to the Ship after the Mariner faints? Who relates the action of the story while he is unconscious?
4. At the beginning of Part IV, what is the Mariner's relationship to prayer?
5. How is Life-in-Death described? What is the significance of Life-in-Death's description?
6. Why does the Guest interrupt the Mariner in Part V? How does the Mariner respond?
7. Describe the death of the crew.
8. What does the Mariner mean when he says, "O let me be awake, my God! / Or let me sleep alway," in the middle of Part VI?
9. Why are the souls of the crew compared to the cross-bow?
10. How does Coleridge use colors in Part IV of the poem? What are some of the colors he uses?
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