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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. To explore fantasy, who does Forster call upon?

2. The novel Thais is in the pattern of what?

3. What is the setting of The Ambassadors?

4. What is the name of the main character in Ulysses?

5. Which Meredith novel does Forster use to demonstrate a character with a concealed emotion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Forster classify as the prophet and the non-prophet in literature?

2. What is the difference between an inquisitive novel reader and an intelligent one, according to Forster?

3. What does Forster mean when he describes a novel with a grand chain pattern?

4. What is the metaphor that Forster uses to describe literary criticism?

5. How does Forster describe the Dostoevsky character, Dmitri Karamazov?

6. What does Forster mean when he says that the plot in the novel is its most logical intellectual aspect?

7. What are the two basic elements that Forster comes back to again and again throughout the lecture series?

8. What does Forster say that the fantasy aspect of a novel requires from the reader?

9. What two qualities does Forster believe the aspect of prophecy demands from a reader?

10. Why does Forster say that novelist Thomas Hardy is essentially a poet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Perhaps the most elusive of Forster's aspects is rhythm. How does Forster define this aspect? Is there a better way to explain it? If it is so hard to attain, why does Forster include it as one of the seven aspects? Does a good novel need to uphold all seven aspects?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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