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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Coleridge credit Wordsworth with opening up?
(a) Memoirs.
(b) Epic poems.
(c) Lyrical ballads.
(d) Sonnets.

2. To Descartes, what was intelligence?
(a) The brain.
(b) The soul.
(c) The body.
(d) The heart.

3. Coleridge describes which of the following as being a part of genius?
(a) Language.
(b) Naivety.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Sensibility.

4. Coleridge feels that his greatest fault is that he is indifferent toward which of the following?
(a) Rivals.
(b) Criticism.
(c) Public opinion.
(d) Faith.

5. Since the days of Chaucer and Gower, what does Coleridge believe writing requires now?
(a) Fewer ideas.
(b) More talent.
(c) Less talent.
(d) More ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is the third inner experience category Coleridge describes?

2. What is the first emotion Coleridge says he does not understand toward him?

3. What is the first inner experience category Coleridge mentions?

4. What school did Coleridge go to?

5. Coleridge says that informative reviews emphasize which quality?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Coleridge compare Wordsworth and Crowley?

2. What are some examples Coleridge points out of reviews being unfair?

3. What does Coleridge say about Italian poetry?

4. According to Coleridge, how has language changed over time?

5. Is Coleridge controversial?

6. How does the chain of association work?

7. Who did Coleridge feel he could identify with most?

8. According to Coleridge, what are the duties of the human mind?

9. What place does Coleridge think religion has in the world?

10. What does Coleridge say about rivals?

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