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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. How does the Ship begin to move after the Mariner wakes from the Heavenly sleep?
(a) The crew begins to row.
(b) The wind pushes it.
(c) Mysteriously.
(d) The Ship moves itself.

2. The Mariner prays to God that if he is not awake, then let him be:
(a) Woken up quickly.
(b) Pinched.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Permanently asleep.

3. Who is the Mariner eager to see on the rescue boat?
(a) The Pilot.
(b) His wife.
(c) The Pilot's Boy.
(d) The Hermit.

4. What does the Mariner feel when he wakes up after fainting?
(a) Joy.
(b) Sadness.
(c) The curse.
(d) Refreshment.

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 slides into the soul of the Mariner?

2. How does the Mariner describe time after the object hangs around his neck?

3. What color shadows does the Mariner see?

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

5. Who claims the crew?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the death of the crew.

3. What two things is the Mariner thankful for at the beginning of Part V, and to whom are these things attributed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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