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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. As Forster begins the second section on People, he says that he turns from transplantation of characters to what?
2. Storytelling is the ____________ aspect of the novel.
3. The story appeals to what is ___________ in people.
4. Forster considers a novel to be any fictitious prose over __________ words.
5. Who is the first hypothetical person to whom Forster poses the question, "What does a novel do?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What commonality does Forster see between the writings of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?
2. How does Forster describe the point of view in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens?
3. What does Forster consider to be the strangest of the five basic elements of life?
4. What is the difference between an Austen character and a Dickens character?
5. According to Forster, what does a good novel do?
6. What is the tone that Forster notes both in the writing of Laurence Sterne and Virginia Woolf?
7. What is Forster's definition of a pseudo-scholar?
8. What does Forster look at in terms of characters in the second section on People?
9. What are the two sides of a human being as described by the French critic Alain?
10. What does Forster say is the difference between a novel and a memoir?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are some of the flaws of Forster's arguments throughout the lecture series? Please use references to literature to substantiate the various points.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the six authors Forster quotes to illustrate the futility of studying works of literature in terms of chronology.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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