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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. Fictional characters come into the world more like what than human beings?
2. Which author does the critic Percy Lubbock feel does not do a good job with point of view?
3. Which author does Forster say is a genius with characters who are caricatures?
4. Characters _______ daily life, not coincide with it.
5. How does Forster say he would answer the question, "What does a novel do?"
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Forster, what does a good novel do?
2. As defined by Forster, when is a character in a novel real?
3. What does Forster believe to be the flaws in Sir Walter Scott's writing?
4. What are the two sides of a human being as described by the French critic Alain?
5. Why does Forster believe an Austen novel is more complicated than a Defoe novel?
6. What does Forster consider to be the strangest of the five basic elements of life?
7. What does Forster look at in terms of characters in the second section on People?
8. How does Forster say that Scheherazade avoids her fate?
9. What is one of the reasons that love is "unduly prominent" in novels, according to Forster?
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
What are some of the flaws of Forster's arguments throughout the lecture series? Please use references to literature to substantiate the various points.
Essay Topic 2
What is the relationship that Forster paints between prophecy and symbolism? Discuss this in terms of Melville and other novelists.
Essay Topic 3
Forster concludes his lecture series by tentatively speculating on the future of the novel. How has the novel changed since 1927? How are Forster's seven aspects still relevant to modern literature?
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