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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Coleridge describe as a work of beauty and elegance?
(a) Religon.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Faith.
(d) Paintings.

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

3. What is Coleridge hoping to show the reader?
(a) How Wordsworth writes with such ease.
(b) How Wordsworth's mind works.
(c) How friendly Wordsworth is.
(d) How he and Wordsworth met.

4. How does Coleridge feel about William Bowles overall?
(a) He finds him in bad taste.
(b) He finds him adequate.
(c) He is impressed.
(d) He finds him ignorant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Coleridge, what has changed from the days of Chaucer and Gower?

2. How was Southey treated by critics?

3. Coleridge believes that envy and malevolence make it easy for writers to be which of the following?

4. Coleridge describes which of the following as being a part of genius?

5. How old was Coleridge when he read William Bowles?

(see the answer key)

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