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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year is the Epigraph added to the poem?
(a) 1767.
(b) 1817.
(c) 1692.
(d) 1798.

2. How long is the poem's Epigraph?
(a) A paragraph.
(b) Six pages.
(c) Two pages.
(d) Three paragraphs.

3. What adjective describes the eye of the Mariner?
(a) Sparkling.
(b) Glittering.
(c) Bloody.
(d) Winking.

4. What comes through the snow-fog and is joyfully received?
(a) The Pilot.
(b) An Albatross.
(c) The Polar Spirit.
(d) The Guest.

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

6. How does the Guest listen to the Mariner?
(a) Obediently, like a child.
(b) Mournfully, like a teenager.
(c) Attentively, like a journalist.
(d) The Guest does not listen to the Mariner.

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

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

9. Who/what hides in the mist?
(a) The Mariner.
(b) The Spirit.
(c) The Mariner's nephew.
(d) The Sun.

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

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

12. How are the bodies of the crew re-animated?
(a) By Life-in-Death.
(b) By witchcraft.
(c) By demonic spirits.
(d) By angelic spirits.

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

14. What hangs around the Mariner's neck?
(a) The dead Albatross.
(b) A medallion.
(c) Death's dice cup.
(d) A noose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As what colors does the water appear to burn?

2. What does the Mariner ask the Hermit to do?

3. How does the Albatross die?

4. What hangs around the Mariner's neck?

5. Who has the first speaking line?

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