【正确答案】：
A. THE THEME OF THIS NOVEL IS THAT OF THE PREDOMINANT POSSESSIVE INSTINCT OF THE FORSYTES AND ITS EFFECTS UPON THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE FAMILY WITH THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTION THAT HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS OF THE CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH SOCIETY ARE MERELY AN EXTENSION OF PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS. 
B. THE HARSH SATIRE ON THIS INHUMAN SENSE OF PROPERTY IS BROUGHT OUT VERY EFFECTIVELY IN THE EARLY CHAPTERS OF THE NOVEL. BUT IN THE LATE PART OF THE NOVEL, THE HARSH TONE GRADUALLY CHANGES INTO A MORE TOLERANT ONE, AND FINALLY IT BECOMES A DISTINCTLY SENTIMENTAL ONE, THUS WEAKENING THE EFFECT OF THE NOVEL.
【题目解析】：A. 这部小说的主题是福尔赛人的主要占有本能及其对家庭人际关系的影响，其基本假设是当代英国社会的人际关系仅仅是财产关系的延伸。B. 对这种非人的财产意识的严厉讽刺在小说的前几章中得到了很好的体现。但在小说的后期，严厉的语气逐渐转变为较为宽容的语气，最后变得明显的多愁善感，削弱了小说的效果。