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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. To be a true critic of literature, one must do what?
(a) Listen.
(b) Read.
(c) Study.
(d) Write.
2. What does Forster say it is impossible to study about literature?
(a) Value.
(b) Reason.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Plot.
3. The test of a round character is whether it is capable of _________ the reader.
(a) Engaging.
(b) Surprising.
(c) Comforting.
(d) Fooling.
4. Forster compares the story as the _________ of the novel.
(a) Tapeworm.
(b) Parent.
(c) Pet.
(d) Enemy.
5. Who is the Antiquary in Scott's novel?
(a) Miss Grizzle.
(b) Jonathon Oldbuck.
(c) Edie Ochiltree.
(d) Lovel.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Forster use as an example when he discusses the difference between real people and fictional people?
2. Which author does Forster say is a genius with characters who are caricatures?
3. Fictional characters come into the world more like what than human beings?
4. What novel does Forster refer to as his eternal summer?
5. Which author has numerous flat characters who can express themselves in a single sentence?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Forster believe is part of the genius of Dickens' characters?
2. Why does Forster believe an Austen novel is more complicated than a Defoe novel?
3. How does Forster describe the point of view in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens?
4. William George Clark was known as a Shakespearean scholar, but he also published two books on other subjects. What other books does Clark publish?
5. What does Forster believe to be the flaws in Sir Walter Scott's writing?
6. What are the two sides of a human being as described by the French critic Alain?
7. What is Forster's definition of a pseudo-scholar?
8. What does Forster mean by a "sense of space" in War and Peace?
9. Why does Forster illustrate through the novel Moll Flanders?
10. What two things does Forster say daily life is comprised of?
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