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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Coleridge compares poets of his time to which poets from which country?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

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

3. Coleridge says that Wordsworth's writing shows depth of which of the following?
(a) Prose.
(b) Feeling.
(c) Style.
(d) Faith.

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

5. Where did Coleridge continue his religious education?
(a) France.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Spain.
(d) Germany.

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

7. Coleridge finds that quotable lines are known as such for which reason?
(a) Sensibility.
(b) Syntax.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Logic.

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

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

10. Wordsworth said that there was no difference between metrical composition and which of the following?
(a) Diction.
(b) Prose.
(c) Syntax.
(d) Metaphor.

11. Coleridge says that e subject from a poem should be remote from what?
(a) The reader.
(b) Any realm.
(c) The author.
(d) Any location the author knows of.

12. Coleridge does not think that poetry lends itself to use in which scenario specifically?
(a) Everyday language.
(b) Casual language.
(c) Moral language.
(d) Formal language.

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

14. Coleridge says that if poetry is from the poet's sensation, what does the work become?
(a) Amazing.
(b) Sensational.
(c) Feasible.
(d) Mediocre.

15. Overall, how does Coleridge feel about Crowley's style?
(a) He finds it wholesome.
(b) He finds the language to be too fantastic.
(c) He finds it true and faithful to tradition.
(d) He finds it unsatisfactory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Coleridge compare Wordsworth and Samuel Daniel in terms of diction?

2. What does Coleridge say appropriateness is an issue in?

3. Coleridge says that philosophy is not like which field?

4. Which of the following does Coleridge describe as a primary force?

5. According to Coleridge, what is the cornerstone of morality?

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