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

2. How many of the men does the Mariner stop?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

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

4. Where does the Guest sit?
(a) On a stone.
(b) In a chair.
(c) On the ground.
(d) On a bench.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Thomas Burnet ask about these natures?

2. When do the Mariner's shipmates "drop down dead"?

3. How is the area into which the Ship first enters, after passing the Line, described?

4. At what time of day does the Albatross die?

5. Who wins the ancient Mariner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the human mind "always circled around a knowledge of these things" but never attains such knowledge?

3. Where and why is the Ship stranded?

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

5. 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"?

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

7. Describe Thomas Burnet's overall attitude towards the invisible Nature.

8. What is difficult about believing in invisible Natures, according to Thomas Burnet and Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

9. What is meant, in the third part, by, "at a dear ransom he freeth his speech from the bonds of thirst"? Why is this important?

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

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