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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 happens when the Mariner regains consciousness?
(a) The Ship speeds up.
(b) The spirits attacks him.
(c) The Ship slows down.
(d) The Ship stops.

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

3. What "thousand thousand" things live on?
(a) Angry spirits.
(b) Slimy things.
(c) Birds.
(d) The crew.

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

5. Death is described as the Woman's:
(a) Mate.
(b) Pet.
(c) Bane.
(d) Master.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is guiding, not steering, the Ship while it is being crewed by the dead men?

3. For how long is the Mariner unconscious after fainting?

4. What does the Mariner see at the Line?

5. When the Mariner awakes after the Heavenly sleep, what does he "almost" think happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Part IV, what is the Mariner's relationship to prayer?

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

3. 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?

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

5. Describe the death of the crew.

6. What are the sounds the Mariner hears towards the end of Part VI, and how are they received by him?

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

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

9. Why is it important that the Mariner remains unconscious at the beginning of Part VI? What happens when he awakes?

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

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