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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. Forster believes that happiness and misery exist in the ___________.
(a) After life.
(b) Author's imagination.
(c) Secret life.
(d) Literature.

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

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

4. The novel Joseph Andrews is an adaptation of what novel?
(a) Audrey.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Pamela.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Forster quote at the end of his discussion on prophecy?

2. Forster says an easy way to define any aspect of fiction is to consider what kind of ___________ it makes on the reader.

3. Forster says that Meredith was the greatest _____ that English fiction ever produced.

4. Forster refers to prophecy as being a(n) _______ in the novelist's voice.

5. Who does Forster say has novels with plots that "triumph too completely?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Forster mean when he describes a novel with a grand chain pattern?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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