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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Thomas Burnet say people study invisible Nature?
(a) To find peace.
(b) To live happily.
(c) To broaden their minds.
(d) To know the truth.

2. What initially changes the sailors' minds about the Albatross, to think negatively of it, after it dies?
(a) The fog clears after the Mariner shoots it.
(b) The rains come.
(c) The ship runs into more ice.
(d) The wind changes directions.

3. What comes upon the Ship when it reaches the Line?
(a) The Sickness.
(b) The Storm-blast.
(c) Snow.
(d) Total calm.

4. What stops the Guest?
(a) Armed guards.
(b) A large stone.
(c) A locked gate.
(d) The Mariner's eye.

5. Epigraph means:
(a) A quote or citation placed at the beginning of a literary work in order to set a theme for the whole.
(b) A collection of lines from the poem, placed at its beginning to foreshadow themes to come.
(c) A brief letter written by the author of a poem about his work.
(d) A rhyming quatrain with which a poem begins or ends.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Guest listen to the Mariner?

2. Who is the author of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"?

3. Why does the Albatross come to the ship?

4. From what work of Thomas Burnet's does the Epigraph derive?

5. What kinds of worlds are implied in the Epigraph?

Short Essay Questions

1. In your own words, briefly describe the polar region. Be sure to include important descriptive details.

2. Is the crew superstitious? If so, give two examples.

3. Why is it important that the notes make it clear that Life-in-Death wins the Mariner in her game of dice with Death?

4. Why are the notes important to the poem?

5. What does it mean to be "vigilant for truth" and to "maintain proportion?"

6. What are some of the punishments of the crew?

7. Where and why is the Ship stranded?

8. Why does the Albatross hang around the neck of the Mariner?

9. What is significant about the lengthy explanation of invisible Spirits towards the end of Part II?

10. What does Thomas Burnet mean by saying "it is sometimes beneficial to contemplate, in thought, as in a picture, the image of a greater and better world"?

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