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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Coleridge says that there was a difference between the way Wordsworth used a word and which of the following?
(a) The spelling of a word.
(b) The social use of a word.
(c) Denotation.
(d) Connotation.

2. Coleridge says that which kind of works feature nature and buildings?
(a) Spanish works.
(b) Italian works.
(c) Lackluster works.
(d) Renaissance works.

3. Coleridge says that Wordsworth experimented with his poems by using what kind of language?
(a) Casual language.
(b) Lower language.
(c) Dull language.
(d) Fantastic language.

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

5. What did Coleridge campaign against in his early years?
(a) Religion.
(b) Free speech.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Language.

6. What does Coleridge say he used to write?
(a) Pamphlets.
(b) Bibles.
(c) Travel brochures.
(d) Government documents.

7. Coleridge says that a reader should find a poet to be which of the following?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Enjoyable.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Ambitious.

8. Coleridge says that philosophy is not like which field?
(a) Geometry.
(b) English.
(c) History.
(d) Biology.

9. Which thesis is described as an act of self-consciousness as a source of knowledge?
(a) Thesis II.
(b) Thesis X.
(c) Thesis III.
(d) Thesis I.

10. Who is not used by Coleridge as an example of uniform and logical English?
(a) Byron.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Milton.
(d) Bowles.

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

12. According to Coleridge, who has the most quotable lines?
(a) Southey.
(b) Milton.
(c) Byron.
(d) Wordsworth.

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

14. What does Coleridge describe as the result of both the conscious and unconscious?
(a) Negative knowledge.
(b) Negative imagination.
(c) Positive knowledge.
(d) Positive imagination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Coleridge describes the second ultimate end of poetry as which of the following?

2. What did Crowley mix?

3. Coleridge finds that quotable lines are known as such for which reason?

4. Who or what does Coleridge mention in reference to its literary criticisms?

5. Where did Coleridge continue his religious education?

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