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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example of the Mariner's does the rest of the crew follow?

2. What does the Mariner feel when he wakes up after fainting?

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

4. What are Death and the Woman doing?

5. What does the Mariner try to do, but cannot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the Guest interrupt the Mariner in Part V? How does the Mariner respond?

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

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

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

6. What are the sounds the Mariner hears towards the end of Part VI, and how are they received by him?

7. 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?

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

9. What happens to the Ship after the Mariner faints? Who relates the action of the story while he is unconscious?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the superstition of the characters in the poem. How does superstition become a controlling factor in the lives of those on the Ship? How is superstition portrayed in the story? Is it frivolous and silly, or justified? Why or why not? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the theme of sin throughout the poem. Analyze how it is significant to the plot and the meaning. Be sure to include the sins of both the Mariner and the crew, how sin in the natural world relates to the supernatural world, and how those sins effected their fates.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the role of the natural world in the poem. Analyze how it is used by characters and forces, why it is significant, in what ways it is important to the advancement of the story, how it is abused, and in what ways it is essential to the story.

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