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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster quotes George Meredith as saying we must live by the ___________ or the block.
(a) Promise.
(b) Sword.
(c) Future.
(d) Pen.

2. Forster wonders if there is any rhythm in novels comparable to ____________.
(a) Symphony No. 7.
(b) Symphony No. 3.
(c) Pastoral Symphony.
(d) The Fifth Symphony.

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

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

5. Forster calls Zuleika Dobson the most ___________ achievement of fantasy in his time.
(a) Notorious.
(b) Crowning.
(c) Consistent.
(d) Awesome.

6. Forster says that Meredith was the greatest _____ that English fiction ever produced.
(a) Failure.
(b) Plotter.
(c) Contriver.
(d) Writer.

7. What does Forster call the small gods that he says haunt us today?
(a) Imps.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Sprites.
(d) Pixies.

8. Forster believes that happiness and misery exist in the ___________.
(a) Secret life.
(b) After life.
(c) Literature.
(d) Author's imagination.

9. What is the name of the main character in The Ambassadors?
(a) Sullivan.
(b) Smith.
(c) Stevens.
(d) Strether.

10. Forster distinguishes novels with fantasy and novels with prophecy by their what?
(a) Characters.
(b) Themes.
(c) Plots.
(d) Mythologies.

11. To explore fantasy, who does Forster call upon?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Appollo.
(d) Zeus.

12. Forster wonders how ____ will combine with the "furniture of common sense" when it comes to prophecy.
(a) Characters.
(b) Dance.
(c) Song.
(d) Plot.

13. Who is the author of Ulysses?
(a) Homer.
(b) E.M. Forster.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Henry James.

14. Who is the author of The Brothers Karamazov?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Trollope.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Dostoevsky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of The Ambassadors?

2. What is the name of the main character in Moby Dick?

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

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

5. What novel does Forster refer to when discussing the supernatural aspect of fantasy?

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