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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Coleridge says that a poem should express the tone and spirit of which of the following?
(a) Literature.
(b) Fear.
(c) Peace.
(d) Unity.

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

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

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

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

8. What did Crowley mix?
(a) Diction and syntax.
(b) Verse and prose.
(c) Metaphor and prose.
(d) Juxtaposition and metaphor.

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

10. Who does Coleridge state is so unique that he cannot be imitated?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Bowles.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Southey.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is not used by Coleridge as an example of uniform and logical English?

2. How does Coleridge describe the idea of poetry?

3. What kind of poet does Coleridge say conveys trivial thoughts?

4. Coleridge thinks that those who live a more rustic life have which of the following?

5. Overall, how does Coleridge feel about Crowley's style?

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