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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Magic Flute is a parody of the work of whom?
(a) Vivaldi.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Bach.
(d) Mozart.

3. A Meredithian plot resembles a series of what?
(a) Questions.
(b) Valleys.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Kiosks.

4. Which Meredith novel does Forster use to demonstrate a character with a concealed emotion?
(a) Beauchamp's Career.
(b) The Egoist.
(c) The Bishop's Tale.
(d) Barnaby's Crossing.

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

6. Who is the author of Moby Dick?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Dostoevsky.
(c) Bronte.
(d) Melville.

7. Who is the author of Zuleika Dobson?
(a) Percy Lubbock.
(b) Max Beerbohm.
(c) George Meredith.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

8. In comparing music and literature, Forster says a novelist must try to achieve what?
(a) Symmetry.
(b) Song.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Expansion.

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

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

11. What does Forster say is one of the lowest of human faculties?
(a) Envy.
(b) Shame.
(c) Greed.
(d) Curiosity.

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

13. 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) Lawrence Sterne.
(d) D.H. Lawrence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Forster says he will borrow from what in describing pattern?

3. Which one of the following is NOT an author that Forster considers to use prophecy well?

4. Forster contends that Henry James has two kinds of main characters, the observer and the ________.

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

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