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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 Forster say is the enduring effect of The Ambassadors?
(a) Satire.
(b) Symmetry.
(c) Memory.
(d) Mimicry.
2. Forster says an easy way to define any aspect of fiction is to consider what kind of ___________ it makes on the reader.
(a) Mystery.
(b) Force.
(c) Impression.
(d) Demand.
3. What does Forster say is absolutely essential to a plot?
(a) Characters.
(b) Action.
(c) Timing.
(d) Mystery.
4. What is the setting of Zuleika Dobson?
(a) Buckingham.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Trinity.
5. Forster says he will borrow from what in describing pattern?
(a) Business.
(b) Music.
(c) Painting.
(d) Art.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does prophecy require from the reader in addition to a suspension of a sense of humor?
2. What is the novel Ulysses adapted from?
3. What is the name of the main character in Ulysses?
4. Which author does Forster refer to when talking about the chaos that prophecy can bring to a novel?
5. Flecker's Magic combines the kingdoms of magic and _________.
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Forster define plot?
2. How does Forster define prophecy in terms of fiction?
3. What does Forster mean when he describes the novel Thais as being in the shape of an hourglass?
4. Why does Forster say that novelist Thomas Hardy is essentially a poet?
5. What does Forster mean when he says that the plot in the novel is its most logical intellectual aspect?
6. Why does Forster refer to George Elliot as a preacher?
7. What is the difference between an inquisitive novel reader and an intelligent one, according to Forster?
8. How does Forster distinguish between fantasy and prophecy as aspects of the novel?
9. What is the metaphor that Forster uses to describe literary criticism?
10. What does Forster describe as being a typical character in a Henry James novel?
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