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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Forster says there are elements of music in War and Peace, which he refers to as a "___________ book."
2. Forster says ___________ never comes off in novels.
3. What is the name of the main character in The Ambassadors?
4. Who does Forster say demonstrates rhythm in the easy sense in his writing?
5. What does Forster say is absolutely essential to a plot?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Forster disagree with Aristotle about the purpose of characters?
2. What is Forster's opinion of readers who do not like fantasy?
3. What does Forster mean when he describes a novel with a grand chain pattern?
4. Why does Forster refer to George Elliot as a preacher?
5. What does Forster mean when he says that the works of Melville, Dostoevsky, and D.H. Lawrence have an "intermittent realism"?
6. What is the relationship between pattern and plot in a novel?
7. What is the metaphor that Forster uses to describe literary criticism?
8. What does Forster say that the fantasy aspect of a novel requires from the reader?
9. What are the two basic elements that Forster comes back to again and again throughout the lecture series?
10. Why does Forster say that novelist Thomas Hardy is essentially a poet?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who are the authors that Forster expresses admiration for regarding their attempts at breaking the mold of certain aspects of the novel? Does it matter that he views their attempts as mostly unsuccessful?
Essay Topic 2
Why is Forster reluctant to admit that the primary component of a novel is its story?
Essay Topic 3
Forster concludes his lecture series by tentatively speculating on the future of the novel. How has the novel changed since 1927? How are Forster's seven aspects still relevant to modern literature?
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