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The Romantic Age

TEST Fila B

NOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLASSE ...................... DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Samuel Taylor Coleridge TEST

Suggested time: 50 minutes 40
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LIFE AND WORKS
1 CHOOSE the correct alternative to complete the sentences.
1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in
A.London.
B.Devonshire.
C.Cambridge.
2 While at university in Cambridge he
A. became involved in republican ideas and did not graduate.
B. travelled to France and returned to take a degree in Literature.
C. gained an honours degree in the Classics.
3 Together with the poet Robert Southey he planned
A. to move to India and form a new colony.
B. to abolish private ownership and form a republic in Ireland.
C. to establish a utopian community in America.
4 After meeting William Wordsworth, Coleridge
A. discovered a new inspiration in the French Revolution.
B. moved to the Lake District and wrote his best poetry.
C. decided to move to Pennsylvania and become a writer.
5 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was
A. the first poem of the 1798 edition of the Lyrical Ballads.
B. part of the preface for the Lyrical Ballads.
C. the opening poem of the second edition of the Lyrical Ballads.
6 Coleridge’s Biographia Literaria is

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A. his final narrative poem.

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B. an autobiography.
C. a text of literary criticism and an autobiography.

Marks: …… / 6
(1 mark for each answer)

2 DECIDE whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false ones.
1 Coleridge thought that imagination could be divided into primary and secondary; the first used
consciously and the second unconsciously. T F
2 For him, the poet’s imagination was connected to the ability to perceive the elements of the world
and re-create them. T F
3 Coleridge thought that fancy was the ability to use devices such as metaphors in order to express
an idea. T F
4 His secondary imagination is equivalent to Wordsworth’s transformation of the data of
the experience through recollection in tranquillity. T F
5 He viewed nature as a moral guide. T F
6 His aim was to write about ordinary events in an extraordinary way. T F

Marks: …… / 6
(1 mark for each answer)

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 4. The Romantic Age
TEST Fila B

NOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLASSE ...................... DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TEST THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

40
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3
1
COMPLETE the following sentences.
The poem creates an atmosphere full of mystery, because of  .
2 The characters of the Mariner and his comrades are more  .
3 The role of the Mariner is  .
4 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner has many features of the traditional ballad including  .
5 The non-traditional feature is  .
6 The poem can be interpreted as  .
Marks: …… / 12
(2 marks for each answer)

TEXTS
T51 The killing of the Albatross
4 CHOOSE the correct alternative to complete the sentences.
1 One of three funeral / wedding guests is stopped by an old sailor / priest who is determined to narrate /
forget the horrific story of a disastrous / an uneventful sea voyage.
2 There are two narrations, one which introduces the voices / characters of the narrator and the listener, and
one that narrates the extraordinary events / storms of the sea voyage.
3 The Wedding Guest / Mariner fascinates the Wedding Guest / Mariner with his long grey beard, glittering
hands / eyes and his determination to find a companion / listener for his tale.
4 One of the main features / ideas of the poem is the frequent use of simple language / repetition which
reinforces / introduces the atmosphere of suspense and lessens / intensifies the images used.
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Marks: …… / 7
(0.5 marks for each answer)

T52 Death and Life-in-Death

5 MAKE notes about:
1 the features of nature surrounding the Ancient 3 the condition of the crew;
Mariner’s ship; 4 the supernatural characters;
2 the Mariner’s actions; 5 how this passage ends.

Marks: …… / 5
(1 mark for each answer)

T53 A sadder and wiser man

6 ANSWER the following questions.
1 Which is the best way to pray according to the 3 Does the Wedding Guest go to the wedding?
Mariner? Why/why not?
2 What is the tone of the Mariner’s farewell? 4 What is the Wedding Guest feeling as he leaves?
Marks: …… / 4
(1 mark for each answer)

WRITING
7 CHOOSE one of the following topics and write a paragraph of about 10 lines.
1 Explain what the moral of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is and how the events narrated have affected
both the characters of both the Wedding Guest and the Mariner.
2 Comment on Coleridge’s style and use of language in The Rime.
3 Comment on Coleridge’s use of natural elements in his poetry. Marks: …… / 10
Total marks: …… / 50
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