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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 The Ambassadors?
(a) Strether.
(b) Stevens.
(c) Smith.
(d) Sullivan.

2. Forster says there are elements of music in War and Peace, which he refers to as a "___________ book."
(a) Chaotic.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Untidy.
(d) Amazing.

3. What is the setting of The Ambassadors?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) Alexandria.

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

5. Forster quotes George Meredith as saying we must live by the ___________ or the block.
(a) Sword.
(b) Promise.
(c) Future.
(d) Pen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Boon?

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

3. A Meredithian plot resembles a series of what?

4. The novel Joseph Andrews is an adaptation of what novel?

5. Forster wonders how ____ will combine with the "furniture of common sense" when it comes to prophecy.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the metaphor that Forster uses to describe literary criticism?

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

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

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

5. How does Forster define prophecy in terms of fiction?

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

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

8. How does Forster define plot?

9. Why does Forster say that some authors are suited to writing parody or adaptations?

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

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