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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 quotes George Meredith as saying we must live by the ___________ or the block.
2. Forster says if rhythm is done badly it hardens into a what?
3. What is the setting of The Ambassadors?
4. Who is the main character in the George Eliot novel that Forster uses to illustrate prophecy?
5. Forster calls Zuleika Dobson the most ___________ achievement of fantasy in his time.
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Forster mean when he says that the plot in the novel is its most logical intellectual aspect?
2. What does Forster say that the fantasy aspect of a novel requires from the reader?
3. What does Forster mean when he describes a novel with a grand chain pattern?
4. How does Forster distinguish between fantasy and prophecy as aspects of the novel?
5. Who does Forster classify as the prophet and the non-prophet in literature?
6. What is the difference between an inquisitive novel reader and an intelligent one, according to Forster?
7. What is the relationship between pattern and plot in a novel?
8. What are the two basic elements that Forster comes back to again and again throughout the lecture series?
9. What is the metaphor that Forster uses to describe literary criticism?
10. What two qualities does Forster believe the aspect of prophecy demands from a reader?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the six authors Forster quotes to illustrate the futility of studying works of literature in terms of chronology.
Essay Topic 2
What is the distinction Forster makes between prophecy and preaching? Why is this an important distinction to the overall quality of a novel?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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