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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Coleridge travel and lecture?
(a) Japan.
(b) Scotland.
(c) United States.
(d) England.

4. How does Coleridge compare Wordsworth and Samuel Daniel in terms of diction?
(a) Neither Wordsworth nor Daniel were good at using diction.
(b) Wordsworth has better diction.
(c) Daniel has better diction.
(d) Wordsworth and Daniel are not comparable in terms of diction.

5. Which thesis states that the truth must not be conditional?
(a) Thesis II.
(b) Thesis X.
(c) Thesis III.
(d) Thesis IV.

6. Coleridge finds that quotable lines are known as such for which reason?
(a) Sensibility.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Logic.
(d) Syntax.

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

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

9. Coleridge says that many reviews will condemn a work without doing which of these?
(a) Mentioning the beauty in the work.
(b) Being helpful.
(c) Citing it.
(d) Mentioning the author's skills.

10. What did Coleridge write when living next to Wordsworth?
(a) Ancient Mariner.
(b) Eastern Country.
(c) Old Woman.
(d) Angry Fisherman.

11. Who did Coleridge say he was ignorant of?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Milton.
(d) Socrates.

12. Coleridge describes the second ultimate end of poetry as which of the following?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Imaginative.
(c) Skillful.
(d) Knowledgeable.

13. Coleridge describes the first ultimate end of poetry as which of the following?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Faithful.
(d) Moral.

14. Coleridge says that e subject from a poem should be remote from what?
(a) Any realm.
(b) The reader.
(c) Any location the author knows of.
(d) The author.

15. What study has Coleridge always wanted to see done?
(a) Study of syntax and diction.
(b) Study of Wordsworth's works.
(c) Study of fantastic and natural language.
(d) Study of his own works.

Short Answer Questions

1. Coleridge says that there was a difference between the way Wordsworth used a word and which of the following?

2. Which thesis states that truth must have corresponding reality?

3. Coleridge says that meter comes from a state of which emotion?

4. How does Coleridge describe man's spirit?

5. What did Crowley mix?

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