The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Test | Final Test - Medium

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Test | Final Test - Medium

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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 adjective does the Mariner use to describe the sea and the Ship?
(a) Rotting.
(b) White.
(c) Bleak.
(d) Decaying.

2. All of the sailors, including the Mariner, are mute by extreme thirst. How does he tell them what he sees?
(a) He draws a picture.
(b) He writes a note.
(c) He kicks his legs violently.
(d) Drinks his own blood.

3. Which color is NOT used to describe the objects the Mariner watches in the moonlight?
(a) Blue.
(b) Velvet black.
(c) Turquoise.
(d) Glossy green.

4. When the Mariner awakes after the Heavenly sleep, what does he find?
(a) That the corpses of the crew are gone.
(b) Rain.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His homeland.

5. What do the recently evacuated spirits form?
(a) Points of light.
(b) A new ship.
(c) A greater Spirit.
(d) A giant wave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many passengers are on the ship that arrives?

2. When the Mariner awakes after the Heavenly sleep, what does he "almost" think happens?

3. To what is the ocean subservient?

4. What objects are at the Mariner's feet during his suffering in Part IV?

5. What does the Mariner watch in the moonlight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the dice game between Death and Life-in-Death.

3. What do the two spirits discuss at the end of Part V?

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

5. What are some of the descriptions of the ship carrying Death and Life-in-Death?

6. How does Coleridge use colors in Part IV of the poem? What are some of the colors he uses?

7. In your own words, what is the simile the Mariner constructs after the marginal notes say the curse is expiated?

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

9. Describe the death of the crew.

10. How is Life-in-Death described? What is the significance of Life-in-Death's description?

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