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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the sailors being becalmed?
(a) As punishment for killing the Albatross.
(b) As punishment for entering the region of mist and snow.
(c) As punishment for blaming the Mariner.
(d) As punishment for being superstitious.

2. How high is the ice in the polar region?
(a) Mast high.
(b) Below the water.
(c) Higher than can be seen.
(d) Bow high.

3. Slimy things are seen crawling with legs upon the slimy what?
(a) Ship.
(b) Reef.
(c) Sea.
(d) Mariners.

4. What two Natures does Thomas Burnet say there are?
(a) Animal and human.
(b) Ancient and young.
(c) Visible and invisible.
(d) Human and spiritual.

5. Why do his shipmates cry out against the Mariner?
(a) For leading the Ship the wrong way.
(b) For killing the Albatross.
(c) For complaining about the cold.
(d) For fighting with them.

6. How does the Ship's journey begin?
(a) Silently.
(b) Gloomily.
(c) Dangerously.
(d) Gloriously.

7. How does Thomas Burnet think the Natures are studied?
(a) They should not be studied.
(b) Objectively.
(c) Subjectively.
(d) Quickly.

8. As what colors does the water appear to burn?
(a) Red, orange, and yellow.
(b) Gold, purple, and blue.
(c) Green, blue, and white.
(d) Red, gold, and green.

9. Who is the original author of the poem's Epigraph?
(a) Thomas Burnet.
(b) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
(c) William Butler Yeats.
(d) Seamus Heaney.

10. Which of these words best describes the crew?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Despairing.
(c) Loyal.
(d) Superstitious.

11. By what instrument is the Guest distracted?
(a) A flute.
(b) An oboe.
(c) A bassoon.
(d) A harpsichord.

12. What do the sailors see in the polar region?
(a) Sea creatures.
(b) Primitive men.
(c) Strange animals.
(d) Only ice.

13. What is the purpose of the notes?
(a) To add mystery to the poem.
(b) To direct the reader's attention to the poem's meter.
(c) Clarification of the poem's meaning.
(d) Historical information about seafaring in the 18th century.

14. What are seen dancing at night?
(a) Death-fires.
(b) The Mariners.
(c) Spirits.
(d) Sea creatures.

15. What does the Mariner ask the Hermit to do?
(a) To repair his boat.
(b) To help him bury his shipmates.
(c) To absolve him of his sins.
(d) To bring him home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Ocean is the ship described as entering?

2. How are the bodies of the crew re-animated?

3. What does the Guest command the Mariner to do?

4. After the removal of the curse, what does the Mariner behold?

5. What does Thomas Burnet say happens to the mind that does not contemplate the invisible Nature?

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