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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What kind of language does Coleridge attribute to modern poets?
(a) Casual language.
(b) Natural language.
(c) Fantastic language.
(d) Dull language.

7. 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) Wordsworth and Daniel are not comparable in terms of diction.
(d) Daniel has better diction.

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

9. What does Coleridge describe as two counteracting forces?
(a) Imagination.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Reality.

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

11. What was the name of Wordsworth's experimental poem?
(a) Honor.
(b) Faithful.
(c) Fidelity.
(d) Innocence.

12. Coleridge says that meter comes from a state of which emotion?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fear.

13. Coleridge states the idea of God involves which of the following?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) A realist.
(c) An optimist.
(d) A pessimist.

14. According to Coleridge, many reviews can be described with which of the following words?
(a) Arbitrary.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Odd.
(d) Exciting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Coleridge says that Samuel Daniel's work shows no mark of which of the following?

2. Coleridge says that e subject from a poem should be remote from what?

3. Coleridge investigates the genius of which of the following as it belongs to man in Chapters XII - XIII?

4. What study has Coleridge always wanted to see done?

5. Which adjective does Coleridge use to describe Wordsworth's style?

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