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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. Forster discusses the death of the character Mrs.Proudie in a novel by whom?
(a) Austen.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Trollope.

2. What does Forster call characters like Miss Grizzle in The Antiquary?
(a) Ragged ends.
(b) Pointless blobs.
(c) Annoying bits.
(d) Clever ploys.

3. Forster says that history is dominated by a sense of what?
(a) Fatality.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Fury.
(d) Futility.

4. William George Clark is best known for being what?
(a) Humorist.
(b) Minister.
(c) Novelist.
(d) Shakespearean Scholar.

5. Which poet does Forster say has made eating somewhat sensuous in his poems?
(a) Milton.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Browning.
(d) Meredith.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Forster begins the second section on People, he says that he turns from transplantation of characters to what?

2. Who tries to abolish time in a novel according to Forster?

3. What is the name of the French critic Forster quotes in his discussion of People?

4. Flat characters are seldom used in what type of novels?

5. Forster compares the story as the _________ of the novel.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the reasons that love is "unduly prominent" in novels, according to Forster?

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

3. What is the difference between an Austen character and a Dickens character?

4. Why does Forster illustrate through the novel Moll Flanders?

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

6. What are the guidelines William George Clark requests for the lecture series he began at Trinity College?

7. What does Forster say is the difference between a novel and a memoir?

8. What does Forster consider to be the strangest of the five basic elements of life?

9. What is the tone that Forster notes both in the writing of Laurence Sterne and Virginia Woolf?

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

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