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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of poet does Coleridge say uses natural language?
(a) Disadvantaged poets.
(b) Older poets.
(c) Bad poets.
(d) Modern poets.

2. Coleridge says that Wordsworth's descriptions come directly from which of the following?
(a) Nature.
(b) Hope.
(c) Life experience.
(d) Faith.

3. Coleridge investigates the genius of which of the following as it belongs to man in Chapters XII - XIII?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Faith.
(d) Imagination.

4. What does Coleridge say meter originates from?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Diction.
(c) Balance.
(d) Truth.

5. What does Coleridge say the word "pedantry" means?
(a) The use of unsuitable words.
(b) The use of unsuitable functions.
(c) The use of unsuitable philosophies.
(d) The use of unsuitable examples.

6. According to Coleridge, what is the cornerstone of morality?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Calvinism.
(c) Religion.
(d) Love.

7. Coleridge says that Wordsworth's writing shows depth of which of the following?
(a) Style.
(b) Faith.
(c) Feeling.
(d) Prose.

8. Coleridge says that if poetry is from the poet's sensation, what does the work become?
(a) Feasible.
(b) Sensational.
(c) Amazing.
(d) Mediocre.

9. Coleridge says that he often disagreed with Wordsorth, but always interpreted his words in which way?
(a) Ignorantly.
(b) Naively.
(c) Right.
(d) Wrong.

10. What kind of poet does Coleridge say conveys trivial thoughts?
(a) Old poets.
(b) Good poets.
(c) Sanctimonious poets.
(d) Modern poets.

11. Who does Coleridge state is so unique that he cannot be imitated?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Southey.
(c) Bowles.
(d) Shakespeare.

12. According to Coleridge, what did Wordsworth write about mostly?
(a) Hectic life.
(b) Faithful life.
(c) Rustic life.
(d) City life.

13. How does Coleridge describe the idea of poetry?
(a) Hope.
(b) Anger.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Fear.

14. Who was Coleridge in debt to?
(a) The church.
(b) The bank.
(c) The market.
(d) The printer.

15. Who or what does Coleridge mention in reference to its literary criticisms?
(a) New York Times.
(b) Shakespeare's works.
(c) Edinburgh Review.
(d) People Magazine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coleridge say appropriateness is an issue in?

2. According to Coleridge, who has the most quotable lines?

3. Coleridge claims that a great poet must also be which of the following?

4. What did Coleridge write when living next to Wordsworth?

5. What kind of language does Coleridge attribute to modern poets?

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