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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. In a work in which the author classifies novels by weather, how many different headings are there?
2. Forster says that history is dominated by a sense of what?
3. All writers, regardless of time period or subject matter, write because of what?
4. Forster says that Virginia Woolf is a what?
5. Which author does Forster say is a genius with characters who are caricatures?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is striking about the funerals described in the excerpts by H.G. Wells and Charles Dickens?
2. How does Forster say that Scheherazade avoids her fate?
3. What does Forster consider to be the strangest of the five basic elements of life?
4. How does Forster describe the point of view in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens?
5. What are the guidelines William George Clark requests for the lecture series he began at Trinity College?
6. Why does Forster illustrate through the novel Moll Flanders?
7. What is the difference between an Austen character and a Dickens character?
8. What commonality does Forster see between the writings of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?
9. William George Clark was known as a Shakespearean scholar, but he also published two books on other subjects. What other books does Clark publish?
10. Why does Forster believe an Austen novel is more complicated than a Defoe novel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using references from literature, describe how all seven aspects present in a novel can lead to a transcendent experience for the reader. Which aspect offers the best vehicle to transcendence? Do you agree with Forster that transcendence is the mark of a truly exceptional novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss whether or not Forster showed significant difference between the story and the plot as aspects of the novel. Use examples both from Forster and modern novels.
Essay Topic 3
What is the distinction Forster makes between prophecy and preaching? Why is this an important distinction to the overall quality of a novel?
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