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

2. What happens at midday while the Ship is being crewed by the dead men?
(a) The Ship stops and begins heaving.
(b) The Ship re-enters the polar region.
(c) The Mariner becomes ill.
(d) The Albatross returns.

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

4. The Mariner's heart is as:
(a) Dry as dust.
(b) Cold as ice.
(c) Empty as an abyss.
(d) Heavy as a stone.

5. How many men are there in the crew?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Two-hundred.
(c) Forty.
(d) Thirty-seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mariner try to do, but cannot?

2. What example of the Mariner's does the rest of the crew follow?

3. After the Mariner feels unexpected love, what is he able to do?

4. Why must the Mariner remain unconscious?

5. When can the Mariner not do again when he awakes after fainting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the death of the crew.

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

6. After regaining consciousness from fainting, what does the Mariner again feel the effects of? What are those effects?

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

8. What is the Mariner's initial reaction to his surroundings in Part IV? Why is this significant?

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

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

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