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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Forster quote at the end of his discussion on prophecy?
(a) Blake.
(b) Browning.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. What is the setting of Ulysses?
(a) Athens.
(b) Dublin.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

3. Forster refers to prophecy as being a(n) _______ in the novelist's voice.
(a) Surprise.
(b) Accent.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Sound.

4. Which author does Forster refer to when talking about the chaos that prophecy can bring to a novel?
(a) Emily Bronte.
(b) George Meredith.
(c) D.H. Lawrence.
(d) Lawrence Sterne.

5. Which George Eliot novel does Forster refer to in his discussion of prophecy?
(a) Adam Bede.
(b) Middlemarch.
(c) Silas Marner.
(d) The Mill on the Floss.

6. Who does Forster say is a character type that is seen in many Henry James novels?
(a) Maude.
(b) Mama.
(c) Mamie.
(d) Missie.

7. Forster says an easy way to define any aspect of fiction is to consider what kind of ___________ it makes on the reader.
(a) Demand.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Force.
(d) Impression.

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

9. Who is the author of Les Faux Monnayeurs?
(a) Thomas Hardy.
(b) Andre Gide.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Anthony Trollope.

10. Forster says there are elements of music in War and Peace, which he refers to as a "___________ book."
(a) Amazing.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Wonderful.
(d) Untidy.

11. Who is the main character in the George Eliot novel that Forster uses to illustrate prophecy?
(a) Hetty.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Cecilia.
(d) Hester.

12. What is the thing a novelist should never aim for, but fails if this is not achieved?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Genius.
(d) Beauty.

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

14. Who is the one living prophetic novelist that Forster names at the time of his lecture series?
(a) Henry James.
(b) George Eliot.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) D.H. Lawrence.

15. Who is the author of Roman Pictures?
(a) Percy Lubbock.
(b) George Meredith.
(c) D.H. Lawrence.
(d) E.M. Forster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does prophecy require from the reader in addition to a suspension of a sense of humor?

2. Forster says it is wrong to see the __________ in Moby Dick as a symbol.

3. What is the name of the main character in Ulysses?

4. What does Forster call the small gods that he says haunt us today?

5. Which author does Forster refer to as a preacher, not a prophet?

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