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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. In the example of the girl who was ranting and raving, what was Coleridge interested in?
(a) Why the girl wanted others to understand what she was saying.
(b) Who told the girl to rant and rave.
(c) How the girl knew what to say.
(d) Where the rants came from.

2. Coleridge says that the only time he had the opportunity to anger anybody was when he was published in which medium?
(a) Magazine.
(b) Anthology.
(c) Novel.
(d) Newspaper.

3. Coleridge thinks that pieces of recorded memory play, causing which of the following?
(a) Ranting.
(b) Illness.
(c) Delirium.
(d) Naivety.

4. Coleridge believes there have always been men who view which of as a problem?
(a) Their own nature.
(b) Faith.
(c) Relationships.
(d) Their own education.

5. What is the second emotion Coleridge says he does not understand toward him?
(a) Desire.
(b) Vindictiveness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Helpfulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Coleridge claims to owe what fraction of his reputation to critics?

2. Wordsworth was first published when Coleridge was doing which of the following?

3. Coleridge says that informative reviews emphasize which quality?

4. According to Coleridge, who refined the mechanics of Kant's theories?

5. Which of the following does Coleridge admit he is unable to accept?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Coleridge describe pedantry?

2. What does Coleridge say his greatest fault is?

3. How does Coleridge describe Wordsworth's theory of style?

4. What is imagination, according to Coleridge?

5. What importance does Coleridge put on blame?

6. Why does Coleridge quote Wordsworth?

7. How does Coleridge compare Wordsworth and Crowley?

8. What does Coleridge say about Hartley?

9. Why does Coleridge give the example of the girl from Germany who was ranting and raving?

10. What is Coleridge's general view of writing?

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