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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Coleridge say he used to write?
(a) Government documents.
(b) Travel brochures.
(c) Pamphlets.
(d) Bibles.

2. Which description matches the relationship Coleridge and Wordsworth had?
(a) Family members.
(b) Lifelong friends.
(c) Acquaintances.
(d) Rivals.

3. Coleridge thought that genius could be seen through which literary device?
(a) Diction.
(b) Irony.
(c) Syntax.
(d) Figurative language.

4. What does Coleridge say the word "pedantry" means?
(a) The use of unsuitable examples.
(b) The use of unsuitable functions.
(c) The use of unsuitable philosophies.
(d) The use of unsuitable words.

5. What did Coleridge campaign against in his early years?
(a) Free speech.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Language.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Coleridge when he met Wordsworth?

2. What kind of poet does Coleridge say conveys trivial thoughts?

3. What does Coleridge seem to be most impressed by?

4. What kind of language does Coleridge attribute to modern poets?

5. Coleridge quotes Wordsworth to make a point about what?

(see the answer key)

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