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

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

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

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

5. To Descartes, what was intelligence?
(a) The soul.
(b) The brain.
(c) The body.
(d) The heart.

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

7. According to Descartes, what had thoughts?
(a) Body.
(b) Soul.
(c) Heart.
(d) Brain.

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

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

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

11. Which of the following examined the functioning of the mind, as mentioned by Coleridge?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Newton.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Socrates.

12. How was Southey treated by critics?
(a) Harshly.
(b) Encouraging.
(c) Positively.
(d) Fairly.

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

14. What is the second emotion Coleridge says he does not understand toward him?
(a) Desire.
(b) Helpfulness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Vindictiveness.

15. Wordsworth was first published when Coleridge was doing which of the following?
(a) Researching poets.
(b) Writing a novel.
(c) Attending college.
(d) Attending high school.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Coleridge hoping to show the reader?

3. What is the first task of the mind, according to Coleridge?

4. What did Descartes develop?

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

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