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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through characters, novels give the reader the illusion of _________________.
(a) Predictability.
(b) Peace.
(c) Perspicacity.
(d) Perspective.

2. The plot of a novel asks what question?
(a) When?
(b) Why?
(c) How?
(d) Where?

3. What is the name of the main character in Moby Dick?
(a) Aaron.
(b) Annish.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Ishmael.

4. Forster quotes George Meredith as saying we must live by the ___________ or the block.
(a) Promise.
(b) Pen.
(c) Future.
(d) Sword.

5. What is the name of the main character in The Brothers Karamazov?
(a) Yuri.
(b) Mitya.
(c) Carl.
(d) Bruno.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Meredith novel does Forster discuss at length?

2. The purpose of food in fiction is mostly a ____________ one.

3. Which one of the following is NOT an author that Forster considers to use prophecy well?

4. What is the one short story that Forster discusses in his lectures?

5. Which poet does Forster say has made eating somewhat sensuous in his poems?

(see the answer key)

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