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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 was Southey treated by critics?

2. Who does Coleridge describe as a favorite?

3. In Coleridge's example, why was the girl ranting and raving?

4. Coleridge found there were endless ways to modify and combine which of the following?

5. What does Coleridge credit Wordsworth with opening up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Coleridge think about his first book of poems?

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

4. What are the inner experience categories Coleridge describes?

5. What importance does Coleridge put on blame?

6. What does Coleridge say about Descartes?

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

8. What is meter?

9. What does Coleridge say about Italian poetry?

10. How did Coleridge's writing style change?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Why does Coleridge place significance on the bad reviews he has read instead of the good? How does this tie into the conclusion and Coleridge's view of religion and blame?

Essay Topic 3

What is Coelridge's personal philosophy? Why does Coleridge seek to explore philosophers? Is he accurate in his depictions of philosophy and mankind?

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