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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Coleridge, people are concerned with problems of the _____?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Will.
(c) Mind.
(d) Heart.

3. What is the second emotion Coleridge says he does not understand toward him?
(a) Desire.
(b) Helpfulness.
(c) Vindictiveness.
(d) Fear.

4. Which of the following does Coleridge admit he is unable to accept?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Criticism.
(c) Fame.
(d) Excitement.

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

6. Coleridge quotes Wordsworth to make a point about what?
(a) Vocabulary.
(b) Style.
(c) Relationships.
(d) Genius.

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

8. Coleridge thinks that pieces of recorded memory play, causing which of the following?
(a) Ranting.
(b) Naivety.
(c) Illness.
(d) Delirium.

9. How was Southey treated by critics?
(a) Encouraging.
(b) Positively.
(c) Fairly.
(d) Harshly.

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

11. Coleridge claims that chaos involves first working with which of the following?
(a) Sights.
(b) Sounds.
(c) Sensations.
(d) Tastes.

12. Coleridge feels he cannot afford any indignation at which of the following?
(a) Positive reviews.
(b) His rivals.
(c) Criticism.
(d) Literary wrongs.

13. Coleridge claims to not agree with the law of what?
(a) Association.
(b) Action.
(c) Motion.
(d) Comprehension

14. What is the third task of the mind, according to Coleridge?
(a) Classify.
(b) Do.
(c) Accept.
(d) Take.

15. Coleridge says that the only time he had the opportunity to anger anybody was when he was published in which medium?
(a) Novel.
(b) Magazine.
(c) Anthology.
(d) Newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Coleridge mentions that he does not always agree with which writer?

2. Coleridge feels it is necessary to address which of the following?

3. Coleridge describes ideas as being used to form which of the following?

4. What did Southey experiment with often?

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

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