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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. What novel does Forster refer to as his eternal summer?
(a) The Swiss Family Robinson.
(b) The Antiquary.
(c) The Old Wives' Tale.
(d) War and Peace.

2. The story appeals to what is ___________ in people.
(a) Progressive.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Modern.
(d) Primative.

3. As Forster begins the second section on People, he says that he turns from transplantation of characters to what?
(a) Assertion.
(b) Acclimation.
(c) Assistance.
(d) Assimilation.

4. Storytelling is the ____________ aspect of the novel.
(a) Extraneous.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Controversial.
(d) Fundamental.

5. What does Forster use as an example of something all humans have that rarely gets mentioned in novels?
(a) Hearts.
(b) Brains.
(c) Glands.
(d) Toes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Forster use as an example when he discusses the difference between real people and fictional people?

2. What is the name of the young man in the first sentence of The Antiquary?

3. In the People section, Forster says that novelists are appealing to more than our _________ when it comes to the characters of a novel.

4. The purpose of food in fiction is mostly a ____________ one.

5. In what year does E.M. Forster present his lecture series, Aspects of the Novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are flat characters sometimes referred to as humorous characters?

2. How does Forster say that Scheherazade avoids her fate?

3. What is Forster trying to illustrate through the work of Gertrude Stein?

4. According to Forster, what does a good novel do?

5. What does Forster demonstrate with the first sentence of The Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott?

6. How does Forster describe the point of view in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens?

7. What image does Forster ask his audience to think of so as not to consider literature in the "stream of time"?

8. What does Forster look at in terms of characters in the second section on People?

9. What two things does Forster say daily life is comprised of?

10. What commonality does Forster see between the writings of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?

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