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

2. According to Coleridge, people are concerned with problems of the _____?
(a) Will.
(b) Mind.
(c) Heart.
(d) Wisdom.

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

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

5. Coleridge mentions that he does not always agree with which writer?
(a) Bowles.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Milton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Coleridge hoping to show the reader?

2. What does Coleridge describe as a work of beauty and elegance?

3. Which description matches the relationship Coleridge and Wordsworth had?

4. The writings that gave Coleridge the most criticism regarded criticisms of which author?

5. How old was Coleridge when he read William Bowles?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Coleridge say that knowledge can be subjective and objective at the same time?

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

3. What does Coleridge say about rivals?

4. What are the five agents Coleridge describes?

5. What importance does Coleridge put on blame?

6. Describe Coleridge's view of Wordsworth.

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

8. What does Coleridge say his greatest fault is?

9. How does Coleridge feel about critics?

10. How does Coleridge describe the motives of men?

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