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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 read which type of writing by William Bowles?
(a) Novels.
(b) Lyrics.
(c) Ballads.
(d) Sonnets.

2. Coleridge found there were endless ways to modify and combine which of the following?
(a) Vivid ideas.
(b) Bleak ideas.
(c) Writing.
(d) Poetry.

3. In Chapter VI, Coleridge uses an example of a girl from which country?
(a) Germany.
(b) Russia.
(c) China.
(d) Mexico.

4. How does Coleridge seem to view most reviewers?
(a) Not qualified.
(b) Unsafe.
(c) Insignificant.
(d) Helpful.

5. Coleridge claims to not agree with the law of what?
(a) Action.
(b) Comprehension
(c) Association.
(d) Motion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Coleridge describe as a favorite?

3. What does Coleridge credit Wordsworth with opening up?

4. Coleridge believes that envy and malevolence make it easy for writers to be which of the following?

5. According to Coleridge, what does the mind record?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is meter?

2. What is metrical composition?

3. According to Coleridge, how has language changed over time?

4. What does Coleridge say of his only chance to ever anger anybody?

5. How does the chain of association work?

6. Describe Coleridge's view of Wordsworth.

7. Describe two of the theses that Coleridge describes.

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

9. How does Coleridge describe delirium?

10. How did Coleridge's writing style change?

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