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The Life of Coleridge Trivia Quiz

These are some fairly simple questions about Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the most charismatic English poet who ever lived.

A multiple-choice quiz by lupetta. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
lupetta

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
52,812

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Where was Coleridge born? Hint

Cornwall

Devon

Hampshire

Kent

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Question 2 of 10

2. What did his father do for a living? Hint

Poet

Teacher

Blacksmith

Vicar

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Question 3 of 10

3. Coleridge was famous for his huge, compelling eyes. What colour were they? Hint

Green

Grey

Blue

Brown

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of his creations also compelled his listeners with his eyes?

Answer: (Six Words)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Coleridge married a girl called Sarah Fricker. Who was married to her sister? Hint

Robert Southey

Percy Shelley

William Wordsworth

Lord Byron

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Question 6 of 10

6. Coleridge was for much of his life obsessed with another Sara. Who was married to HER sister? Hint

John Keats

Robert Southey

William Wordsworth

Charles Lamb

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the code name he used when writing about Sara in his notebooks and poems?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. While writing his famous poem 'Kubla Khan' Coleridge was interrupted by a visitor from ... Hint

Plymouth

Porlock

Portsmouth

Padstow

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which poem's first draft was a letter to Sara? Hint

Christabel

This Lime Tree Bower My Prison

Dejection: an Ode

Frost at Midnight

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where is Coleridge buried? Hint

Devon

London

Cumbria

Germany

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was Coleridge born?

Answer: Devon

In the village of Ottery St Mary.

2. What did his father do for a living?

Answer: Vicar

Sam was a young boy when he died, and he never really recovered.

3. Coleridge was famous for his huge, compelling eyes. What colour were they?

Answer: Grey

Everyone who ever met him remarked on them!

4. Which of his creations also compelled his listeners with his eyes?

Answer: The Ancient Mariner

'By thy long, grey beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stoppst thou me'?

5. Coleridge married a girl called Sarah Fricker. Who was married to her sister?

Answer: Robert Southey

Southey was happy throughout his married {life;} Coleridge, unfortunately was not.

6. Coleridge was for much of his life obsessed with another Sara. Who was married to HER sister?

Answer: William Wordsworth

His love for Sara Hutchinson was a large factor in his growing dependency on opium.

7. What was the code name he used when writing about Sara in his notebooks and poems?

Answer: Asra

I guess I don't need to point out that this is an anagram of Sara {;-).}

8. While writing his famous poem 'Kubla Khan' Coleridge was interrupted by a visitor from ...

Answer: Porlock

Coleridge was in an opium induced haze and is convinced that he wrote around 300 lines whilst in this reverie. He began to write them down but was interrupted and could only remember the fragment that remains today.

9. Which poem's first draft was a letter to Sara?

Answer: Dejection: an Ode

He changed the addressee of this poem three times !!

10. Where is Coleridge buried?

Answer: London

He spent time in all the other places listed but saw out the last 18 years of his life in Highgate and was buried in St Michael's church, under the following epitaph which he wrote himself: Stop Christian passer-by! Stop child of God! And read with gentle {breast;} beneath this sod, a poet lies, or that which once seemed he, O lift one thought in prayer for S.T.C. ! That he who, many a year, with toil of breath, Found death in life, may here find life in death. Mercy for praise, to be forgiv'n for fame, He asked, and hoped, through Christ. Do thou the same! If you'd like to know more about this endearing and extraordinary man read Richard Holmes' brilliant two volume biography. 'Early Visions' deals with the first half of his life (until 1805) and 'Darker Reflections' documents the rest. An astonishing and utterly compulsive read.

Source: Author lupetta

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