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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 prophecy require from the reader in addition to a suspension of a sense of humor?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Humility.
(d) Curiosity.

2. Forster considers Roman Pictures to be a __________.
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Social comedy.
(c) Love story.
(d) Fantasy.

3. Forster says he will borrow from what in describing pattern?
(a) Business.
(b) Music.
(c) Art.
(d) Painting.

4. What is the name of the main character in Moby Dick?
(a) Ishmael.
(b) Annish.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Isaac.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The novel Joseph Andrews is an adaptation of what novel?

2. Which author does Forster refer to when talking about the chaos that prophecy can bring to a novel?

3. Who is the main character in the George Eliot novel that Forster uses to illustrate prophecy?

4. Which Meredith novel does Forster discuss at length?

5. What is the setting for Flecker's Magic?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Forster mean when he says that the works of Melville, Dostoevsky, and D.H. Lawrence have an "intermittent realism"?

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

4. How does Forster define plot?

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

6. What does Forster say that the fantasy aspect of a novel requires from the reader?

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

8. What is the relationship between pattern and plot in a novel?

9. What does Forster describe as being a typical character in a Henry James novel?

10. Why does Forster disagree with Aristotle about the purpose of characters?

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