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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 contends that Henry James has two kinds of main characters, the observer and the ________.
(a) Second-rate outsider.
(b) First-rate manipulator.
(c) Wise widow.
(d) Tragic lover.

2. The plot of a novel asks what question?
(a) When?
(b) Why?
(c) How?
(d) Where?

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

4. Who does Forster say demonstrates rhythm in the easy sense in his writing?
(a) H.G. Wells.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Marcel Proust.

5. What novel does Forster refer to when discussing the supernatural aspect of fantasy?
(a) Wisdom's Window.
(b) All The Gods.
(c) Tristram Shandy.
(d) Shane McDadey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Flecker's Magic combines the kingdoms of magic and _________.

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

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

5. What does Forster say is the enduring effect of The Ambassadors?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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