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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Forster, Moby Dick should be seen as a what?
(a) Contest.
(b) Failure.
(c) Struggle.
(d) Symbol.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the name of the main character in Moby Dick?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Ishmael.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Annish.

8. What does Forster say is the enduring effect of The Ambassadors?
(a) Satire.
(b) Mimicry.
(c) Symmetry.
(d) Memory.

9. What is the setting of Thais?
(a) Paris.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

10. A plot requires a reader's intelligence and __________.
(a) Memory.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Sensibility.
(d) Emotion.

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

12. What does Forster say is absolutely essential to a plot?
(a) Action.
(b) Characters.
(c) Timing.
(d) Mystery.

13. Forster says ___________ never comes off in novels.
(a) Religion.
(b) Death.
(c) Indignation.
(d) Humility.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of Zuleika Dobson?

3. What is the setting of Ulysses?

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

5. What is the name of the main character in The Brothers Karamazov?

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