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

2. How does Coleridge describe the idea of poetry?
(a) Hope.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Pleasure.

3. Who sits as a critic, according to Coleridge?
(a) Newspaper editors.
(b) Everybody.
(c) Everybody who can read.
(d) Book reviewers.

4. Coleridge feels that his greatest fault is that he is indifferent toward which of the following?
(a) Faith.
(b) Criticism.
(c) Public opinion.
(d) Rivals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Coleridge feel about William Bowles overall?

2. In the example of the girl who was ranting and raving, what was Coleridge interested in?

3. Coleridge read which type of writing by William Bowles?

4. How old was Coleridge when he was first published?

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

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