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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. The Mariner thinks the objects he watches in the moonlight are:
(a) Terrifying.
(b) Hideous.
(c) Boring.
(d) Beautiful.

2. How many days and nights does the Mariner see the curse?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Three.

3. Who sends the "gentle sleep from Heaven"?
(a) The Albatross.
(b) The gods.
(c) Mary.
(d) Angels.

4. What falls into the sea, like lead?
(a) The corpses of the crew.
(b) The anchor.
(c) The dead Albatross.
(d) The Mariner.

5. What sort of weather is occurring when the Ship begins to move?
(a) Calm.
(b) Gently raining.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Storming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the speakers the Mariner hears while unconscious say is not yet over for the Mariner?

2. When the Mariner awakes after the Heavenly sleep, what does he find?

3. How many times does the Woman whistle?

4. What do the recently evacuated spirits form?

5. For how long is the Mariner unconscious after fainting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two body parts are most strongly emphasized in Part III? How?

2. For how long does the Mariner suffer? How is this significant?

3. What natural force is described as "roaring" after the Mariner wakes from the Heavenly sleep? What is unusual about it?

4. What does the Mariner mean when he says, "O let me be awake, my God! / Or let me sleep alway," in the middle of Part VI?

5. Who does the Mariner describe as a "ghastly crew", and why?

6. After regaining consciousness from fainting, what does the Mariner again feel the effects of? What are those effects?

7. How do you describe the change in the Mariner's condition through Part IV of the poem?

8. What is the Mariner's initial reaction to his surroundings in Part IV? Why is this significant?

9. At the beginning of Part IV, what is the Mariner's relationship to prayer?

10. Why is it important that the Mariner remains unconscious at the beginning of Part VI? What happens when he awakes?

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