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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. Who takes pity on the Mariner after he watches the objects in the moonlight?
(a) The Polar Spirit.
(b) Life-in-Death.
(c) Death.
(d) A saint.

2. When can the Mariner not do again when he awakes after fainting?
(a) Speak.
(b) Cry.
(c) Pray.
(d) Leave the Ship.

3. How does the Mariner describe the sails of the other ship?
(a) Like parchment.
(b) Like gossameres.
(c) Like bedsheets.
(d) Like clouds.

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

5. What sort of weather is occurring when the Ship begins to move?
(a) Calm.
(b) Storming.
(c) Gently raining.
(d) Snowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Death and the Woman doing?

2. How does the crew curse the Mariner?

3. What forces are steering the Ship while the Mariner is unconscious?

4. How many times does the Woman whistle?

5. What slides into the soul of the Mariner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Guest interrupt the Mariner in Part V? How does the Mariner respond?

2. Describe the dice game between Death and Life-in-Death.

3. Describe the death of the crew.

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

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

6. Why are the souls of the crew compared to the cross-bow?

7. What happens to the Ship after the Mariner faints? Who relates the action of the story while he is unconscious?

8. How does Coleridge use colors in Part IV of the poem? What are some of the colors he uses?

9. What two body parts are most strongly emphasized in Part III? How?

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

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