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

2. When the Mariner awakes after the Heavenly sleep, what does he find?

3. How does the Ship begin to move after the Mariner wakes from the Heavenly sleep?

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

5. When the dead men rise, what is the most significant thing they do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In your own words, what is the simile the Mariner constructs after the marginal notes say the curse is expiated?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 3

Write an essay on the theme of sin throughout the poem. Analyze how it is significant to the plot and the meaning. Be sure to include the sins of both the Mariner and the crew, how sin in the natural world relates to the supernatural world, and how those sins effected their fates.

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