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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Impression.
(d) Demand.

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

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

6. What is the one short story that Forster discusses in his lectures?
(a) Billy Bud.
(b) The Pit and the Pendulum.
(c) Coco.
(d) The Birthmark.

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

8. Which Meredith novel does Forster discuss at length?
(a) Barnaby's Crossing.
(b) Beauchamp's Career.
(c) The Egoist.
(d) The Bishop's Tale.

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

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

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

12. Forster says if rhythm is done badly it hardens into a what?
(a) Joke.
(b) Parody.
(c) Song.
(d) Symbol.

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

14. Aristotle said characters give the reader qualities through _________.
(a) Narrative.
(b) Actions.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Dialogue.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Forster, Moby Dick should be seen as a what?

2. The novel Thais is in the pattern of what?

3. Forster refers to prophecy as being a(n) _______ in the novelist's voice.

4. Who is the author of Zuleika Dobson?

5. What shape is the pattern of The Ambassadors?

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