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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. Forster contends that while The Antiquary has suspense, it lacks what?
2. What is the silliest way Forster believes there is to classify novels?
3. Which author has numerous flat characters who can express themselves in a single sentence?
4. What does Scott accomplish in the first sentence of The Antiquary?
5. Which characters in The Antiquary does Forster say Scott introduced artlessly?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Forster mean when he says that novels give us the "illusion of perspicacity"?
2. What image does Forster ask his audience to think of so as not to consider literature in the "stream of time"?
3. What are the guidelines William George Clark requests for the lecture series he began at Trinity College?
4. What is striking about the funerals described in the excerpts by H.G. Wells and Charles Dickens?
5. What does Forster look at in terms of characters in the second section on People?
6. Why are flat characters sometimes referred to as humorous characters?
7. How does Forster say that Scheherazade avoids her fate?
8. What is the difference between an Austen character and a Dickens character?
9. Why, in Forster's opinion, is Sir Walter Scott a popular novelist?
10. What is Forster's definition of a pseudo-scholar?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the difference between the life in time and the life by value? How does Forster illustrate this point through the work of Sir Walter Scott?
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
Discuss the difference between flat and round characters, as well as the works of literature Forster used to illustrate his points. In his discussion of these types of characters, does Forster make sweeping generalizations that may not apply to all types of characters?
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