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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of these is the second inner experience category Coleridge describes?
(a) Forceful.
(b) Hope.
(c) Angry.
(d) Voluntary.

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

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

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

6. Coleridge claims to owe what fraction of his reputation to critics?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/10.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 3/4.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What is the first emotion Coleridge says he does not understand toward him?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Envy.
(d) Faith.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Coleridge when he read William Bowles?

3. What does Coleridge mention as Southey's writing?

4. How was Southey treated by critics?

5. Coleridge feels that his greatest fault is that he is indifferent toward which of the following?

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