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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What year does Charles Dickens publish Great Expectations?
2. Who does Forster say saved his life by telling good stories?
3. Forster considers a novel to be any fictitious prose over __________ words.
4. Which characters in The Antiquary does Forster say Scott introduced artlessly?
5. What is the only literary tool to have an effect on tyrants and savages?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Forster trying to illustrate through the work of Gertrude Stein?
2. Why does Forster believe an Austen novel is more complicated than a Defoe novel?
3. How does Forster say that Scheherazade avoids her fate?
4. What does Forster believe to be the flaws in Sir Walter Scott's writing?
5. According to Forster, what does a good novel do?
6. How does Forster define the novel in its most basic terms?
7. According to Forster, what is the purpose of food in fiction?
8. What does Forster believe is part of the genius of Dickens' characters?
9. What are the guidelines William George Clark requests for the lecture series he began at Trinity College?
10. What does Forster demonstrate with the first sentence of The Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Forster's point about how varied points of view reflect life parallel his points about characters made in the first People section?
Essay Topic 2
How is Forster's exploration of the aspects of fantasy and prophecy at the core of his overall philosophy on the novel? What is the fine line between these two aspects?
Essay Topic 3
How does the development of the novel represent development in mankind? Do you agree with Forster's contention on this point? Why or why not?
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