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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. What did Southey experiment with often?

2. How many agents does Coleridge mention?

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

4. What do Coleridge's agents link?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is meter?

2. Why does Coleridge say Wordsworth's style was inconsistent?

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

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

5. What does Coleridge say his greatest fault is?

6. What comments about mankind does Coleridge make in Chapter V?

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

8. What does Coleridge say about rivals?

9. What place does Coleridge think religion has in the world?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the list of theses that Coleridge mentions? Choose one of the theses to explore in-depth in your essay. Explain what it is as well as its significance.

Essay Topic 2

What does Coleridge say about pedantry? Why does he think pedantry is an issue in poetry? Do you agree?

Essay Topic 3

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

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