Biographia Literaria, or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Biographia Literaria, or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Coleridge says that informative reviews emphasize which quality?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Diction.
(c) Encouragement.
(d) Faith.

2. Coleridge asks if philosophy differs from which field?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Math.
(c) Medicine.
(d) History.

3. What did Southey experiment with often?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Tone.
(c) Form.
(d) Style.

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

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

6. What did Hartley feel the basis of the law of associations was?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Notoriety.
(c) Contemporaneity.
(d) Naivety.

7. What is the second task of the mind, according to Coleridge?
(a) Choose.
(b) Collect.
(c) Learn.
(d) Symbolize.

8. What chain does Coleridge examine?
(a) Associations.
(b) Delirium.
(c) Memory.
(d) Ideas.

9. According to Coleridge, what demands greater attention than any other profession?
(a) Painter.
(b) Poet.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Mathmatician.

10. Coleridge claims that chaos involves second working with which of the following?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Knowledge.

11. Coleridge said that ideas are represented by which of the following?
(a) Music.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Sounds.

12. To Descartes, what was the body?
(a) Matter.
(b) Naive.
(c) Unintelligent.
(d) Intelligence.

13. What does Coleridge credit Wordsworth with opening up?
(a) Lyrical ballads.
(b) Sonnets.
(c) Epic poems.
(d) Memoirs.

14. Who does Coleridge describe as a favorite?
(a) Kant.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Hartley.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Coleridge, who refined the mechanics of Kant's theories?

2. Coleridge claims to not agree with the law of what?

3. In Chapter VI, Coleridge uses an example of a girl from which country?

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

5. Coleridge refers to Poems of Various Subjects as being which of the following?

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