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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. The story appeals to what is ___________ in people.
(a) Primative.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Modern.
(d) Progressive.

2. What is the name of the book that William George Clark wrote about his time in Spain?
(a) Gauchos.
(b) Gazpacho.
(c) Groucho.
(d) Galapogas.

3. Forster says that permanency is one of the illusions attached to what?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) Birth.

4. Who does Forster say saved his life by telling good stories?
(a) Austen.
(b) Stein.
(c) Scheherade.
(d) Bronte.

5. Which character from the novel Evan Harrington is a good example of a memorable flat character?
(a) Jane Elliot.
(b) The Count of Denmark.
(c) The Countess.
(d) Becky Sharp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Forster says that history is dominated by a sense of what?

2. The purpose of food in fiction is mostly a ____________ one.

3. Which novel does Forster say has a sense of space?

4. What does Scott accomplish in the first sentence of The Antiquary?

5. Forster says that Virginia Woolf is a what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between an Austen character and a Dickens character?

2. Why, in Forster's opinion, is Sir Walter Scott a popular novelist?

3. According to Forster, what is the purpose of food in fiction?

4. What is striking about the funerals described in the excerpts by H.G. Wells and Charles Dickens?

5. What are the guidelines William George Clark requests for the lecture series he began at Trinity College?

6. Why are flat characters sometimes referred to as humorous characters?

7. What does Forster demonstrate with the first sentence of The Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott?

8. What does Forster look at in terms of characters in the second section on People?

9. What is Forster trying to illustrate through the work of Gertrude Stein?

10. How does Forster say that Scheherazade avoids her fate?

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