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

2. Which of these is the third inner experience category Coleridge describes?
(a) Careful.
(b) Organized.
(c) Spontaneous.
(d) Illusive.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Coleridge mentions that he does not always agree with which writer?
(a) Bowles.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Milton.

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

10. Who did Coleridge identify with most?
(a) Contemporary writers.
(b) Classic Roman writers.
(c) Classic Greek writers.
(d) Female writers.

11. Ludovicus sought to explain the power of which of the following?
(a) Association.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Faith.
(d) Comprehension.

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

13. What did Coleridge publish first?
(a) An anthology of short stories.
(b) A novel.
(c) A poem in a magazine.
(d) A book of poems.

14. How does Coleridge describe his master's job in giving him a classical education?
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Good.
(c) Mild.
(d) Horrible.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Coleridge seem to view most reviewers?

2. Since the days of Chaucer and Gower, what does Coleridge believe writing requires now?

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

4. Coleridge quotes Wordsworth to make a point about what?

5. What does Coleridge admit openly about his poems?

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