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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 sends the "gentle sleep from Heaven"?
(a) The gods.
(b) The Albatross.
(c) Mary.
(d) Angels.

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

3. To what is the ocean subservient?
(a) The Moon.
(b) The Mariner.
(c) The Polar Spirit.
(d) The Sun.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at midday while the Ship is being crewed by the dead men?

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

3. What does the Mariner reassure the Guest?

4. How many days and nights does the Mariner see the curse?

5. What is the first strange thing noticed about the movement of the object that approaches the Ship at the Line?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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