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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. Who is the author of Zuleika Dobson?
(a) George Meredith.
(b) Max Beerbohm.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) Percy Lubbock.

2. Plot represents the _______ in literary work.
(a) Reason.
(b) Form.
(c) Art.
(d) Backdrop.

3. What shape is the pattern of The Ambassadors?
(a) Hourglass.
(b) Circle.
(c) Triangle.
(d) Chain.

4. Who does Forster say is a character type that is seen in many Henry James novels?
(a) Mamie.
(b) Missie.
(c) Maude.
(d) Mama.

5. Aristotle said characters give the reader qualities through _________.
(a) Narrative.
(b) Actions.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Dialogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Meredith novel does Forster discuss at length?

2. Who does Forster quote at the end of his discussion on prophecy?

3. Forster wonders if there is any rhythm in novels comparable to ____________.

4. Forster wonders how ____ will combine with the "furniture of common sense" when it comes to prophecy.

5. Who is the author of Roman Pictures?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does the setting play in novels by Henry James?

2. What are the two elements that Forster says are necessary for plot?

3. How does a Marcel Proust novel demonstrate the aspect of rhythm?

4. What does Forster mean when he says that the plot in the novel is its most logical intellectual aspect?

5. What are the two basic elements that Forster comes back to again and again throughout the lecture series?

6. What does Forster mean when he describes the novel Thais as being in the shape of an hourglass?

7. How does Forster distinguish between fantasy and prophecy as aspects of the novel?

8. Why does Forster say that novelist Thomas Hardy is essentially a poet?

9. How does Forster describe the Dostoevsky character, Dmitri Karamazov?

10. How does Forster define plot?

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