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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Coleridge believes that envy and malevolence make it easy for writers to be which of the following?
(a) Libelers.
(b) Conservatives.
(c) Liberals.
(d) Enemies.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Southey experiment with often?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Form.
(c) Style.
(d) Tone.

8. To Descartes, what was the body?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Naive.
(c) Matter.
(d) Unintelligent.

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

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

11. How many agents does Coleridge mention?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Coleridge feels it is natural to be jealous of who?

3. Coleridge read which type of writing by William Bowles?

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

5. Coleridge thinks that pieces of recorded memory play, causing which of the following?

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