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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Forster believes the truest way to look at a novel is by examining the author's what?
(a) Notes.
(b) Past.
(c) Structure.
(d) Meaning.
2. Which Meredith novel does Forster discuss at length?
(a) Barnaby's Crossing.
(b) Beauchamp's Career.
(c) The Bishop's Tale.
(d) The Egoist.
3. Who is the first hypothetical person to whom Forster poses the question, "What does a novel do?"
(a) A writer.
(b) A bus driver.
(c) A zookeeper.
(d) A golfer.
4. The plot of a novel asks what question?
(a) Where?
(b) How?
(c) When?
(d) Why?
5. Whose method with character does Forster believe has been misunderstood?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) Austen.
(c) Melville.
(d) Dickens.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many years separate the writing of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?
2. What is the name of the main character in Les Fax Monnayeurs?
3. Characters must not spread themselves out too far, but rather should ____________.
4. In the introductory section, Forster quotes from whom to describe the duties of the critic?
5. The purpose of food in fiction is mostly a ____________ one.
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