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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. Coleridge feels he cannot afford any indignation at which of the following?
(a) Positive reviews.
(b) His rivals.
(c) Literary wrongs.
(d) Criticism.

2. What is the first task of the mind, according to Coleridge?
(a) Represent.
(b) Categorize.
(c) Observe.
(d) Reprimend.

3. How many agents does Coleridge mention?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. Who sits as a critic, according to Coleridge?
(a) Everybody who can read.
(b) Book reviewers.
(c) Everybody.
(d) Newspaper editors.

5. Coleridge believes that envy and malevolence make it easy for writers to be which of the following?
(a) Enemies.
(b) Conservatives.
(c) Liberals.
(d) Libelers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ludovicus sought to explain the power of which of the following?

2. To Descartes, what was the body?

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

4. Which of the following did Coleridge mention he was interested in?

5. Who did Coleridge identify with most?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the inner experience categories Coleridge describes?

2. According to Coleridge, what are the duties of the human mind?

3. How does Coleridge compare the style of old and modern poets?

4. What is meter?

5. Why does Coleridge quote Wordsworth?

6. Why does Coleridge say a poem's subject should be remote from the poet?

7. What does Coleridge say about Italian poetry?

8. How did Wordsworth experiment with poetry, and how did he fare?

9. What opinions does Coleridge have of Wordsworth's diction?

10. How does Coleridge describe delirium?

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