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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the learned Jew?
(a) Tacitus.
(b) Marcus Aurelius.
(c) Michael Psellus.
(d) Josephus.

2. Who, are some sailors assured in their dreams, follows the Ship?
(a) The Polar Spirit.
(b) Two evil spirits.
(c) Giant sea creatures.
(d) The ghost of the Albatross.

3. What does the Guest command the Mariner to do?
(a) Join the wedding procession.
(b) Prepare the Ship.
(c) Let him go.
(d) Tell his story.

4. When do the Mariner's shipmates "drop down dead"?
(a) At the rising of the sun.
(b) At the setting of the sun.
(c) When the scary ship leaves.
(d) At the rising of the moon.

5. Where are the men the Mariner meets going?
(a) To a boat.
(b) To a council meeting.
(c) To a wedding.
(d) To their graves.

6. What does the Mariner see in the moonlight?
(a) The Albatross.
(b) Creatures of the great calm.
(c) The Pilot's boat.
(d) Death.

7. Who is the author of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?
(a) John Donne.
(b) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(c) William Wordsworth.
(d) Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

8. After reaching the Line, in what direction does the Ship go?
(a) South-West.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) South.

9. What does Thomas Burnet think people ought to do about these natures?
(a) Study them.
(b) Not study them.
(c) Ignore them.
(d) Destroy them.

10. After the removal of the curse, what does the Mariner behold?
(a) Creatures of the great calm.
(b) His native land.
(c) A temple.
(d) The Albatross.

11. What is the relationship between the Guest and the Bridegroom?
(a) Co-workers.
(b) Next of kin.
(c) Distant cousins.
(d) Close friends.

12. What is the "Line"?
(a) The edge of the world.
(b) North America.
(c) A trading port.
(d) The equator.

13. What hangs around the Mariner's neck?
(a) A metal cross.
(b) A noose.
(c) A medallion.
(d) The dead Albatross.

14. Who/what arises on the left of the Ship, from the sea?
(a) The Polar Spirit.
(b) The Mariner.
(c) The Albatross.
(d) The Sun.

15. Who goes before the bride into the Wedding hall?
(a) The Guest.
(b) Horses.
(c) Minstrels.
(d) Her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Slimy things are seen crawling with legs upon the slimy what?

2. Why does the Albatross come to the ship?

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

4. In what direction does the ship initially sail?

5. Where does the Guest sit?

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