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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 novelists find death to be ____________.

2. Which poet does Forster say has made eating somewhat sensuous in his poems?

3. Forster gives his series of lectures on the Aspects of the Novel at Trinity College at _______________.

4. Flat characters are seldom used in what type of novels?

5. In a work in which the author classifies novels by weather, how many different headings are there?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Forster believe an Austen novel is more complicated than a Defoe novel?

2. What does Forster believe is part of the genius of Dickens' characters?

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

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

5. What is Forster's definition of a pseudo-scholar?

6. What does Forster mean by a "sense of space" in War and Peace?

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

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

9. What does Forster consider to be the strangest of the five basic elements of life?

10. William George Clark was known as a Shakespearean scholar, but he also published two books on other subjects. What other books does Clark publish?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss whether or not Forster showed significant difference between the story and the plot as aspects of the novel. Use examples both from Forster and modern novels.

Essay Topic 2

How does Forster tie in his main theme that the purpose of novels is to allow the reader a deeper, broader understanding of life with his discussion of the People aspect of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

As Forster discusses Wuthering Heights, his lecture reaches a higher point of emotion. How does his tone parallel that of the Emily Bronte novel? Does his lecture on prophecy border on obsession?

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