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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the novel Ulysses adapted from?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Odyssey.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Trojan War.

2. Who does Forster say has novels with plots that "triumph too completely?"
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Thomas Hardy.
(c) Andre Gide.
(d) Leo Tolstoy.

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

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

5. When comparing plot and drama, Forster visualizes plot as what?
(a) Queen of England.
(b) Grand Dame.
(c) Higher government official.
(d) Lowly paid worker.

6. Which author does Forster refer to as a preacher, not a prophet?
(a) Fyodor Dostoevsky.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) George Eliot.
(d) Henry James.

7. What is the setting of Zuleika Dobson?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Buckingham.
(d) Trinity.

8. What is the setting of The Ambassadors?
(a) Rome.
(b) Paris.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) London.

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

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

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

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

13. 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) Impression.
(c) Force.
(d) Demand.

14. Who is the author of Boon?
(a) Henry James.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) H.G. Wells.
(d) James Joyce.

15. Who does Forster say demonstrates rhythm in the easy sense in his writing?
(a) H.G. Wells.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) D.H. Lawrence.
(d) Marcel Proust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle said characters give the reader qualities through _________.

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

3. A plot requires a reader's intelligence and __________.

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

5. What is the setting of Ulysses?

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