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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XIV - XVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first emotion Coleridge says he does not understand toward him?
(a) Faith.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Envy.
(d) Hatred.

2. Coleridge refers to Poems of Various Subjects as being which of the following?
(a) Juvenile.
(b) Sophisticated.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Horrible.

3. How old was Coleridge when he met Wordsworth?
(a) 24.
(b) 18.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

4. Coleridge states his name is popular in spite of which of the following?
(a) The fact that he is so unpopular.
(b) The problems he has failed to overcome.
(c) The world's hatred for him.
(d) The distance he places between himself and the world.

5. According to Coleridge, what has changed from the days of Chaucer and Gower?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Style.
(c) Language.
(d) Tone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Coleridge thought that genius could be seen through which literary device?

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

3. Whose philosophy was it to collect and explain truth?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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