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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. A Meredithian plot resembles a series of what?
(a) Kiosks.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Valleys.
(d) Questions.
2. What is the name of the main character in The Brothers Karamazov?
(a) Yuri.
(b) Bruno.
(c) Mitya.
(d) Carl.
3. What does Forster say is the enduring effect of The Ambassadors?
(a) Symmetry.
(b) Satire.
(c) Memory.
(d) Mimicry.
4. Who is the main character in the George Eliot novel that Forster uses to illustrate prophecy?
(a) Hester.
(b) Hetty.
(c) Cathy.
(d) Cecilia.
5. Who does Forster quote at the end of his discussion on prophecy?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) Blake.
(c) Browning.
(d) Shakespeare.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Forster, Moby Dick should be seen as a what?
2. Forster refers to prophecy as being a(n) _______ in the novelist's voice.
3. What is the setting of Ulysses?
4. Which author does Forster refer to when talking about the chaos that prophecy can bring to a novel?
5. Who does Forster say is a character type that is seen in many Henry James novels?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Forster describe the Dostoevsky character, Dmitri Karamazov?
2. How does Forster define plot?
3. Why does Forster refer to George Elliot as a preacher?
4. What does Forster mean when he describes the novel Thais as being in the shape of an hourglass?
5. Why does Forster say that novelist Thomas Hardy is essentially a poet?
6. Why does Forster say that some authors are suited to writing parody or adaptations?
7. How does a Marcel Proust novel demonstrate the aspect of rhythm?
8. What does Forster mean when he describes a novel with a grand chain pattern?
9. What is Forster's opinion of readers who do not like fantasy?
10. What does Forster mean when he says that the works of Melville, Dostoevsky, and D.H. Lawrence have an "intermittent realism"?
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