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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. Who steers the Ship after the dead men rise?

2. Who does the Mariner hear talking while he is unconscious?

3. What does the Mariner try to do, but cannot?

4. What does the person working beside the Mariner say to him?

5. What color shadows does the Mariner see?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do you describe the change in the Mariner's condition through Part IV of the poem?

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

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

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

5. What do the two spirits discuss at the end of Part V?

6. Describe what the Mariner sees when he turns his eyes back to the deck of the Ship, after describing the harbor in Part VI.

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

8. What natural force is described as "roaring" after the Mariner wakes from the Heavenly sleep? What is unusual about it?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the character of the Hermit. What role does he play? How is he unique from the other characters in the story? What aspects of human nature does he signify? Does he have any importance beyond the natural world?

Essay Topic 2

Present an in-depth analysis of the presence and importance of prayer in the story. Expound on the centrality and efficacy of prayer for the Mariner. Be sure to keep any and all judgments within the context of the poem alone.

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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