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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 does the form of the spirits attract?
(a) The ghost of the Albatross.
(b) Demonic spirits.
(c) The Polar Spirit.
(d) A rescue boat.

2. What forces are steering the Ship while the Mariner is unconscious?
(a) The will of the Polar Spirit.
(b) The Southern Winds.
(c) Demonic forces.
(d) Angelic forces.

3. Who lies dead on the Ship at the beginning of Part IV?
(a) The Mariner.
(b) The crew.
(c) The sea creatures.
(d) The Albatross.

4. What is the first strange thing noticed about the movement of the object that approaches the Ship at the Line?
(a) There is no wind or tide.
(b) It is not floating on the sea.
(c) It is moving very fast.
(d) It disappears and reappears at random.

5. Where does the Ship go when the Mariner awakes after fainting?
(a) The Line.
(b) A new land.
(c) The polar region.
(d) The Mariner's home country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Guest fear at the beginning of Part IV?

2. What color shadows does the Mariner see?

3. What objects are at the Mariner's feet during his suffering in Part IV?

4. The Mariner prays to God that if he is not awake, then let him be:

5. At what time of day does the Mariner wake up after fainting?

Short Essay Questions

1. For how long does the Mariner suffer? How is this significant?

2. How is Life-in-Death described? What is the significance of Life-in-Death's description?

3. In your own words, what is the simile the Mariner constructs after the marginal notes say the curse is expiated?

4. How do you describe the change in the Mariner's condition through Part IV of the poem?

5. 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?

6. What are some of the descriptions of the ship carrying Death and Life-in-Death?

7. Who does the Mariner describe as a "ghastly crew", and why?

8. What two things is the Mariner thankful for at the beginning of Part V, and to whom are these things attributed?

9. What natural force is described as "roaring" after the Mariner wakes from the Heavenly sleep? What is unusual about it?

10. How does the Mariner's attitude toward his surroundings in Part IV change? What does this prompt?

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