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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Coleridge feels that people are concerned with the origination of which of the following?
(a) Faith.
(b) Perception.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Thought.

4. What do Coleridge's agents link?
(a) Writing.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Knowledge.

5. What does Coleridge describe as a cause and effect sequence?
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Associations.
(c) Dilerium.
(d) Actions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What school did Coleridge go to?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) University of Southern California.

13. In Chapter VI, Coleridge uses an example of a girl from which country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Germany.
(d) China.

14. Which description matches the relationship Coleridge and Wordsworth had?
(a) Acquaintances.
(b) Lifelong friends.
(c) Family members.
(d) Rivals.

15. The writings that gave Coleridge the most criticism regarded criticisms of which author?
(a) Bowles.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Wordsworth.
(d) Milton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Coleridge quote to praise his rivals?

2. Which of these is the third inner experience category Coleridge describes?

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

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

5. Coleridge believes that envy and malevolence make it easy for writers to be which of the following?

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