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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 is the name of the main character in Ulysses?
(a) Leopold Bloom.
(b) William Seymour.
(c) Humphrey Ward.
(d) George Ulysses.

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

3. Boon is a parody of whose writing style?
(a) Henry James.
(b) H.G. Wells.
(c) D.H. Lawrence.
(d) James Joyce.

4. What is the novel Ulysses adapted from?
(a) Odyssey.
(b) Trojan War.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Hercules.

5. Who is the author of Boon?
(a) Henry James.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) H.G. Wells.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Magic Flute is a parody of the work of whom?

2. Forster distinguishes novels with fantasy and novels with prophecy by their what?

3. What does Forster say is absolutely essential to a plot?

4. Which author does Forster refer to as a preacher, not a prophet?

5. What is the name of the main character in Moby Dick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Forster say that the fantasy aspect of a novel requires from the reader?

2. What is the difference between an inquisitive novel reader and an intelligent one, according to Forster?

3. Why does Forster refer to George Elliot as a preacher?

4. How does a Marcel Proust novel demonstrate the aspect of rhythm?

5. What does Forster mean when he says that the plot in the novel is its most logical intellectual aspect?

6. What role does the setting play in novels by Henry James?

7. What does Forster mean when he says that the works of Melville, Dostoevsky, and D.H. Lawrence have an "intermittent realism"?

8. Who does Forster classify as the prophet and the non-prophet in literature?

9. Why does Forster disagree with Aristotle about the purpose of characters?

10. What is Forster's opinion of readers who do not like fantasy?

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