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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 is the first task of the mind, according to Coleridge?
(a) Represent.
(b) Categorize.
(c) Observe.
(d) Reprimend.

2. The writings that gave Coleridge the most criticism regarded criticisms of which author?
(a) Bowles.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Milton.

3. What does Coleridge mention as Southey's writing?
(a) Novels.
(b) Song lyrics.
(c) Sonnets.
(d) Essays.

4. Ludovicus sought to explain the power of which of the following?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Association.
(c) Comprehension.
(d) Faith.

5. Coleridge mentions that he does not always agree with which writer?
(a) Bowles.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Milton.
(d) Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Coleridge publish first?

2. How was Southey treated by critics?

3. Coleridge read which type of writing by William Bowles?

4. According to Coleridge, what does the mind record?

5. According to Coleridge, who refined the mechanics of Kant's theories?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Coleridge say of his only chance to ever anger anybody?

2. Why does Coleridge say a poem's subject should be remote from the poet?

3. Describe Coleridge's view of Southey.

4. What is the ultimate result of poetry, according to Coleridge?

5. What does Coleridge say about the rustic life?

6. What is Coleridge's general view of writing?

7. What opinions does Coleridge have of Wordsworth's diction?

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

9. How did Coleridge's writing style change?

10. What does Coleridge say about Hartley?

(see the answer keys)

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