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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Coleridge read which type of writing by William Bowles?
(a) Sonnets.
(b) Novels.
(c) Lyrics.
(d) Ballads.

5. What does Coleridge mention as Southey's writing?
(a) Song lyrics.
(b) Essays.
(c) Novels.
(d) Sonnets.

6. In the example of the girl who was ranting and raving, what was Coleridge interested in?
(a) Where the rants came from.
(b) Why the girl wanted others to understand what she was saying.
(c) Who told the girl to rant and rave.
(d) How the girl knew what to say.

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

8. What is the first task of the mind, according to Coleridge?
(a) Represent.
(b) Categorize.
(c) Observe.
(d) Reprimend.

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

10. What is the first inner experience category Coleridge mentions?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Faithless.
(d) Passive.

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

12. What does Coleridge admit openly about his poems?
(a) They are near perfect.
(b) They make him wealthy.
(c) They are important.
(d) They have faults.

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

14. According to Coleridge, what does the chain result in?
(a) Delirium.
(b) Illness.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Associations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following examined the functioning of the mind, as mentioned by Coleridge?

2. What is the second emotion Coleridge says he does not understand toward him?

3. In Coleridge's example, why was the girl ranting and raving?

4. Coleridge states his name is popular in spite of which of the following?

5. Coleridge thought that genius could be seen through which literary device?

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