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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. In what direction is the Mariner looking when he spots something at the Line?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) North.

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

3. Whose are the two voices the Mariner hears while unconscious?
(a) The spirits.
(b) Death and Life-in-Death.
(c) Two members of the crew.
(d) The Polar Spirit and the Albatross.

4. What are Death and the Woman doing?
(a) Making a coffin.
(b) Painting the mariners.
(c) Laughing wildly.
(d) Casting dice.

5. Who is the Mariner eager to see on the rescue boat?
(a) The Pilot's Boy.
(b) His wife.
(c) The Pilot.
(d) The Hermit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which color is NOT used to describe the objects the Mariner watches in the moonlight?

2. Who sends the "gentle sleep from Heaven"?

3. Where does the Ship go when the Mariner awakes after fainting?

4. Who claims the crew?

5. What do the recently evacuated spirits form?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who does the Mariner describe as a "ghastly crew", and why?

8. Describe the death of the crew.

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

10. 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?

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