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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 Bishop's Tale.
(b) Beauchamp's Career.
(c) Barnaby's Crossing.
(d) The Egoist.

2. A plot requires a reader's intelligence and __________.
(a) Sensibility.
(b) Memory.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Commitment.

3. What shape is the pattern of The Ambassadors?
(a) Circle.
(b) Hourglass.
(c) Triangle.
(d) Chain.

4. The Magic Flute is a parody of the work of whom?
(a) Vivaldi.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Bach.

5. What does Forster say is the enduring effect of The Ambassadors?
(a) Satire.
(b) Symmetry.
(c) Mimicry.
(d) Memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. In comparing music and literature, Forster says a novelist must try to achieve what?

2. Flecker's Magic by Norman Matson is about a _________.

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

4. Which author does Forster say his own priggishness prevents him from enjoying?

5. Forster says ___________ never comes off in novels.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Forster define plot?

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

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

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

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