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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. As what colors does the water appear to burn?
2. What hangs around the Mariner's neck?
3. How does the crew think of the Albatross?
4. What does the Guest command the Mariner to do?
5. With what is the Mariner refreshed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is meant, in the third part, by, "at a dear ransom he freeth his speech from the bonds of thirst"? Why is this important?
2. Who is responsible for the becalming of the Ship, and how is this known?
3. What is difficult about believing in invisible Natures, according to Thomas Burnet and Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
4. What is significant about the Albatross being mentioned explicitly as a bird of good omen in the notes, and not in the Mariner's relation of the tale?
5. Why is it important for the mind to contemplate the invisible Natures?
6. Is the crew superstitious? If so, give two examples.
7. Why is it important that the notes make it clear that Life-in-Death wins the Mariner in her game of dice with Death?
8. In your own words, briefly describe the polar region. Be sure to include important descriptive details.
9. What is meant by "Life-in-Death begins her work on the Mariner?" What is her work?
10. Why is it important for man to remain objective in his studies of the two Natures?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Line, the name used for the equator in the poem, is a location where many events of significance occur in the poem. Examine these events and analyze the particular importance of them occurring at the world's equator. In particular, analyze how the Line acts as a physical nexus for all kinds of action, natural and supernatural.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the mounting of despair in the first half of the poem. What sort of events prompt feelings of despair? What influence upon despair is had by the supernatural? How much of the despair experience is strictly natural? Be sure to mention the inability to speak, and particularly to pray.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the depictions of human nature in the story. Describe in what ways they are or are not accurate. Be sure to include the following characters in your analysis:
1) The Mariner.
2) The Crew.
3) The Wedding-Guest.
4) The Hermit OR the Pilot.
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