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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. Who is the main character in the George Eliot novel that Forster uses to illustrate prophecy?
(a) Cecilia.
(b) Hetty.
(c) Cathy.
(d) Hester.

2. Which George Eliot novel does Forster refer to in his discussion of prophecy?
(a) Adam Bede.
(b) The Mill on the Floss.
(c) Middlemarch.
(d) Silas Marner.

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

4. Forster wonders how ____ will combine with the "furniture of common sense" when it comes to prophecy.
(a) Characters.
(b) Dance.
(c) Song.
(d) Plot.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The plot of a novel asks what question?

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

4. Who is the author of Zuleika Dobson?

5. When comparing plot and drama, Forster visualizes plot as what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Forster's opinion of readers who do not like fantasy?

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

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

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

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