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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Forster say is absolutely essential to a plot?
(a) Action.
(b) Timing.
(c) Characters.
(d) Mystery.
2. What is the one short story that Forster discusses in his lectures?
(a) Coco.
(b) The Pit and the Pendulum.
(c) The Birthmark.
(d) Billy Bud.
3. Who does Forster say demonstrates rhythm in the easy sense in his writing?
(a) Marcel Proust.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) H.G. Wells.
(d) D.H. Lawrence.
4. Forster says an easy way to define any aspect of fiction is to consider what kind of ___________ it makes on the reader.
(a) Mystery.
(b) Force.
(c) Demand.
(d) Impression.
5. What does Forster say is one of the lowest of human faculties?
(a) Greed.
(b) Envy.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Shame.
6. Who is the author of Ulysses?
(a) Henry James.
(b) E.M. Forster.
(c) Homer.
(d) James Joyce.
7. According to Forster, Moby Dick should be seen as a what?
(a) Contest.
(b) Failure.
(c) Symbol.
(d) Struggle.
8. What is the name of the main character in The Ambassadors?
(a) Strether.
(b) Smith.
(c) Stevens.
(d) Sullivan.
9. The novel Joseph Andrews is an adaptation of what novel?
(a) Audrey.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Pamela.
(d) Rebecca.
10. When comparing plot and drama, Forster visualizes plot as what?
(a) Grand Dame.
(b) Lowly paid worker.
(c) Higher government official.
(d) Queen of England.
11. Forster believes that happiness and misery exist in the ___________.
(a) Secret life.
(b) Author's imagination.
(c) After life.
(d) Literature.
12. What is the thing a novelist should never aim for, but fails if this is not achieved?
(a) Genius.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Kindness.
13. Who is the author of Les Faux Monnayeurs?
(a) Anthony Trollope.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) Andre Gide.
14. Which one of the following is NOT an author that Forster considers to use prophecy well?
(a) Dostoevsky.
(b) Bronte.
(c) Melville.
(d) Joyce.
15. A plot requires a reader's intelligence and __________.
(a) Sensibility.
(b) Memory.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Commitment.
Short Answer Questions
1. Forster refers to prophecy as being a(n) _______ in the novelist's voice.
2. What is the novel Ulysses adapted from?
3. What is the setting of The Ambassadors?
4. What is the name of the main character in Moby Dick?
5. What is the setting of Ulysses?
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