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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. How does Coleridge seem to view most reviewers?

2. Coleridge feels he cannot afford any indignation at which of the following?

3. Since the days of Chaucer and Gower, what does Coleridge believe writing requires now?

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

5. What is Coleridge hoping to show the reader?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Kant a favorite of Coleridge's?

3. What does Coleridge say his greatest fault is?

4. What field does Coleridge believe philosophy is similar to, and why?

5. What is meter?

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

7. What does Coleridge believes makes a review salable?

8. What is the ultimate result of poetry, according to Coleridge?

9. Why does Coleridge quote Wordsworth?

10. What are the five agents Coleridge describes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What diction and other literary devices does Coleridge use to describe his view of human nature? What can you perceive from the use of these literary devices?

Essay Topic 2

What is meter? What is metrical composition? How are both relevant to Coleridge?

Essay Topic 3

What relationship did Coleridge have with critics? Was this reputation earned?

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