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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. Which Meredith novel does Forster discuss at length?
(a) The Egoist.
(b) Barnaby's Crossing.
(c) Beauchamp's Career.
(d) The Bishop's Tale.

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

3. Flecker's Magic by Norman Matson is about a _________.
(a) Fairy.
(b) Sorcerer.
(c) Witch.
(d) Goddess.

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

5. Forster calls Zuleika Dobson the most ___________ achievement of fantasy in his time.
(a) Consistent.
(b) Awesome.
(c) Crowning.
(d) Notorious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of The Brothers Karamazov?

2. Who is the author of Roman Pictures?

3. What shape is the pattern of The Ambassadors?

4. What is the setting of Ulysses?

5. A Meredithian plot resembles a series of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Forster describe as being a typical character in a Henry James novel?

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

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

8. How does Forster define plot?

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

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

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