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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. At what time of day does the Mariner wake up after fainting?
(a) In the morning.
(b) At night.
(c) In the afternoon.
(d) At evening.

2. How many passengers are on the ship that arrives?
(a) Two.
(b) Two-hundred.
(c) Four.
(d) Zero.

3. What comes between the Mariner's Ship and the sun?
(a) Mist.
(b) The Polar Spirit.
(c) The newly arrived ship.
(d) A sea monster.

4. The Mariner prays to God that if he is not awake, then let him be:
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Pinched.
(c) Woken up quickly.
(d) Permanently asleep.

5. What comforts the Mariner when he awakes after fainting?
(a) A wind.
(b) The Polar Spirit.
(c) The Moon.
(d) The Sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does the Woman whistle?

2. How does the crew curse the Mariner?

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

4. Who steers the Ship after the dead men rise?

5. What do the recently evacuated spirits form?

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

3. What do the two spirits discuss at the end of Part V?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe what the Mariner sees when he turns his eyes back to the deck of the Ship, after describing the harbor in Part VI.

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