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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 question does Thomas Burnet ask about these natures?

3. No _______ comes to the crew's ________.

4. What does the Epigraph help the reader to see in the poem?

5. With what is the Mariner refreshed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think there is such a strong emphasis placed on the Mariner's eye in Part I?

2. What are some of the punishments of the crew?

3. Who is responsible for the becalming of the Ship, and how is this known?

4. In your own words, briefly describe the polar region. Be sure to include important descriptive details.

5. Is the crew superstitious? If so, give two examples.

6. What is difficult about believing in invisible Natures, according to Thomas Burnet and Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

7. For what reasons are there differences between the text of the poem and the text of the notes, such as Life-in-Death only being referenced as the "Spectre-Woman" in the notes?

8. Why are the Sun and Storm-blast personified and how is their personification signified?

9. Describe the interaction between the mariners and the Albatross.

10. What seems to be significant about the Guest's compulsion to listen to the Mariner's story?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the role of the supernatural world in the poem. Analyze its interaction with the natural world, the poem's characters, and the reasons it acts the way it does. Be certain to discuss the different attitudes of the different supernatural forces towards the Mariner.

Essay Topic 2

Present a coherent analysis of the character of Wedding-Guest. Important things to consider include:

1) His unwillingness to listen but compulsion to do so;

2) His fearful interruptions;

3) His actions at the end of the story (not attending the wedding);

4) Waking up the following morning "sadder and wiser."

Essay Topic 3

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.

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