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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Coleridge thinks that those who live a more rustic life have which of the following?
(a) High tolerance.
(b) High vocabulary.
(c) Low tolerance.
(d) Low vocabulary.

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

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

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

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

6. How many motives does Coleridge believe men have?
(a) Many.
(b) None.
(c) Infinite.
(d) Few.

7. What was the first attack that Coleridge made against?
(a) Calvinism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) England.
(d) Catholcism.

8. Who does Coleridge quote to show that this author is rich in composition?
(a) Chaucer.
(b) Milton.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Gower.

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

10. Coleridge says that Samuel Daniel's work shows no mark of which of the following?
(a) Time.
(b) Faith.
(c) Context.
(d) Style.

11. According to Coleridge, those living a rustic life have which of the following instead of language?
(a) Flow.
(b) Music.
(c) Sounds.
(d) Words.

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

13. Whose theory of style does Coleridge say it is to use everyday language?
(a) Coleridge.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Milton.

14. What does Coleridge think Wordsworth elevated?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Language.
(c) Objects.
(d) People.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Coleridge describe the idea of poetry?

2. What does Coleridge say the word "pedantry" means?

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

4. According to Coleridge, what is man, both to himself and others?

5. Where did Coleridge continue his religious education?

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