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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. How many hours of the day does Forster suppose should be devoted to love?

2. Forster discusses the death of the character Mrs.Proudie in a novel by whom?

3. Forster says novelists find death to be ____________.

4. What is the name of the book that William George Clark wrote about his time in Spain?

5. Characters _______ daily life, not coincide with it.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Forster's definition of a pseudo-scholar?

2. Why are flat characters sometimes referred to as humorous characters?

3. What does Forster mean by a "sense of space" in War and Peace?

4. Why does Forster believe an Austen novel is more complicated than a Defoe novel?

5. What image does Forster ask his audience to think of so as not to consider literature in the "stream of time"?

6. What does Forster demonstrate with the first sentence of The Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott?

7. How does Forster describe the point of view in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens?

8. What does Forster believe is part of the genius of Dickens' characters?

9. What does Forster consider to be the strangest of the five basic elements of life?

10. What two things does Forster say daily life is comprised of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the distinction Forster makes between prophecy and preaching? Why is this an important distinction to the overall quality of a novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the six authors Forster quotes to illustrate the futility of studying works of literature in terms of chronology.

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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