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Christabel.

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

According to the Preface, what 'new principle' governs the metre of 'Christabel'?

Q02of 10

In the Preface, Coleridge uses the image of 'fountains,' 'rills,' and a 'tank' primarily to argue which point?

Q03of 10

What is Christabel's stated reason for being alone in the forest at midnight?

Q04of 10

The image of 'the one red leaf, the last of its clan' hanging on 'the topmost twig' chiefly contributes which effect to the scene?

Q05of 10

How does the mastiff's behaviour when Geraldine passes serve as a narrative technique?

Q06of 10

When Geraldine cries 'Off, woman, off! this hour is mine,' the speaker she addresses is most likely:

Q07of 10

Which best describes the tone of the narrator's interjection 'O shield her! shield sweet Christabel!' at the climactic moment in the bedchamber?

Q08of 10

The spell Geraldine casts on Christabel at the end of Part I primarily affects the protagonist in which way?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'a sight to dream of, not to tell!' when Geraldine disrobes is best understood as an example of which literary technique?

Q10of 10

In the Preface, the doggerel verse beginning ''Tis mine and it is likewise yours' is used by Coleridge chiefly to:

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