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

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

3. Coleridge states his name is popular in spite of which of the following?
(a) The problems he has failed to overcome.
(b) The fact that he is so unpopular.
(c) The distance he places between himself and the world.
(d) The world's hatred for him.

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

5. Where was Kant from?
(a) Indonesia.
(b) United States.
(c) Prussia.
(d) Mexico.

6. According to Coleridge, what does the mind record?
(a) Every taste it tastes.
(b) Every sight it sees.
(c) Every touch it feels.
(d) Every word it hears.

7. Who did Hartley diverge from?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Milton.
(d) Socrates.

8. Coleridge feels it is necessary to address which of the following?
(a) Criticism.
(b) Fans.
(c) Controversy.
(d) Rumors.

9. According to Coleridge, who refined the mechanics of Kant's theories?
(a) Coleridge.
(b) Milton.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Kant's followers.

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

11. Since the days of Chaucer and Gower, what does Coleridge believe writing requires now?
(a) More talent.
(b) Fewer ideas.
(c) More ideas.
(d) Less talent.

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

13. Which of the following did Coleridge mention he was interested in?
(a) Perception.
(b) Painting.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Thought.

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

15. Coleridge feels he does not deserve which of the following that he has experienced?
(a) Hope.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Abuse.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Coleridge when he met Wordsworth?

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

3. Who sits as a critic, according to Coleridge?

4. Coleridge found there were endless ways to modify and combine which of the following?

5. How was Southey treated by critics?

(see the answer keys)

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