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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Coleridge, how did Wordsworth do on his experimental poem?
(a) He neither failed nor succeeded.
(b) He succeeded.
(c) He was ignored.
(d) He failed.

2. Wordsworth's brilliance overcomes which of the following, according to Coleridge?
(a) Bad diction.
(b) Hopelessness.
(c) Defects.
(d) His lack of faith.

3. According to Coleridge, what is man, both to himself and others?
(a) Angry.
(b) Conditional.
(c) Incomprehensible.
(d) Sinful.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Whose philosophy was it to collect and explain truth?
(a) Kant.
(b) Plato.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Leibniz.

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

11. How does Coleridge describe man's spirit?
(a) Wholesome.
(b) Free.
(c) Innocent.
(d) Sinful.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coleridge describe as the result of both the conscious and unconscious?

2. Who does Coleridge quote to show that this author is rich in composition?

3. Coleridge describes the first ultimate end of poetry as which of the following?

4. Where did Coleridge continue his religious education?

5. Coleridge says that Wordsworth's writing shows depth of which of the following?

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