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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 is the only literary tool to have an effect on tyrants and savages?
2. How many hours of the day does Forster suppose should be devoted to love?
3. The story appeals to what is ___________ in people.
4. Forster believes the truest way to look at a novel is by examining the author's what?
5. Through characters, novels give the reader the illusion of _________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. What image does Forster ask his audience to think of so as not to consider literature in the "stream of time"?
2. How does Forster say that Scheherazade avoids her fate?
3. According to Forster, what is the purpose of food in fiction?
4. What does Forster demonstrate with the first sentence of The Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott?
5. What commonality does Forster see between the writings of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?
6. What does Forster believe is part of the genius of Dickens' characters?
7. What does Forster look at in terms of characters in the second section on People?
8. William George Clark was known as a Shakespearean scholar, but he also published two books on other subjects. What other books does Clark publish?
9. What is Forster's definition of a pseudo-scholar?
10. What is the difference between an Austen character and a Dickens character?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
As Forster discusses Wuthering Heights, his lecture reaches a higher point of emotion. How does his tone parallel that of the Emily Bronte novel? Does his lecture on prophecy border on obsession?
Essay Topic 3
How does Forster tie in his main theme that the purpose of novels is to allow the reader a deeper, broader understanding of life with his discussion of the People aspect of the novel?
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