Which philosopher had a particular influence on Coleridge ?

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1. Which philosopher had a particular influence on Coleridge ?

   A. Aristotle
   B. Duns Scotus
   C. David Hume
   D. Immanuel Kant

2. Who is the American transcendental philosopher who was much influenced by Samuel Taylor Coleridge ?

   A. Ralph Waldo Emerson
   B. Ernest Holmes
   C. John Locke
   D. John Locke

3. A side note: Which drug/substance was Samuel Taylor Coleridge addicted to ?

   A. Heroine
   B. Cocaine
   C. Alcohol
   D. Opium

4. When was Samuel Taylor Coleridge born ?

   A. November 12, 1762
   B. September 8, 1764
   C. January 10, 1789
   D. October 21, 1772

5. In which work Samuel Taylor Coleridge introduced the term ’willing suspension of disbelief’ in 1817 ?

   A. Kubla Khan
   B. Biographia Literaria
   C. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
   D. Christabel

6. With which other poet did Samuel Taylor Coleridge founded the Romantic movement in English Literature ?

   A. Lord Byron
   B. Shelley
   C. William Wordsworth
   D. John Keats

7. Which of the following was responsible for Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s mental decline ?

   A. His addiction to opium
   B. His experiences during the French Revolution
   C. The end of his friendship with Wordsworth
   D. His physical battle with gout

8. In which capter of Biographia Lieraria, Coleridge make a distinction between fancy and imagination ?

   A. 14
   B. 15
   C. 12
   D. 13

9. In Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, why does the Mariner kill the albatross ?

   A. For revenge
   B. To change the weather
   C. To bring forth life-in-death
   D. It is never directly stated why he does so.

10. What do Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” and Coleridge’s “Dejection Ode” have in common ?

    A. An identical rhyme structure
    B. The belief that a person is incapable of change, even as he or she ages
    C. The sense of hope that death will come soon
    D. A shared theme that nature exposes the pain in human life