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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. Who is the author of Roman Pictures?
(a) E.M. Forster.
(b) Percy Lubbock.
(c) George Meredith.
(d) D.H. Lawrence.

2. What does Forster call the small gods that he says haunt us today?
(a) Fairies.
(b) Sprites.
(c) Imps.
(d) Pixies.

3. Forster says if rhythm is done badly it hardens into a what?
(a) Parody.
(b) Joke.
(c) Symbol.
(d) Song.

4. Who is the author of Moby Dick?
(a) Bronte.
(b) Dostoevsky.
(c) Joyce.
(d) Melville.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the last ship in Moby Dick that Forster thinks is aptly named?

2. What is the setting for Flecker's Magic?

3. Who is the author of Les Faux Monnayeurs?

4. Who is the author of The Brothers Karamazov?

5. Forster says there are elements of music in War and Peace, which he refers to as a "___________ book."

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Forster describe the Dostoevsky character, Dmitri Karamazov?

2. What does Forster mean when he describes the novel Thais as being in the shape of an hourglass?

3. What is the relationship between pattern and plot in a novel?

4. What two qualities does Forster believe the aspect of prophecy demands from a reader?

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

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

7. What are the two elements that Forster says are necessary for plot?

8. How does Forster distinguish between fantasy and prophecy as aspects of the novel?

9. What are the two basic elements that Forster comes back to again and again throughout the lecture series?

10. Why does Forster say that novelist Thomas Hardy is essentially a poet?

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