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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The historian ______________, while the novelist creates.
(a) Regrets.
(b) Records.
(c) Retreats.
(d) Receives.

2. Who is the author of Ulysses?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Homer.
(c) E.M. Forster.
(d) James Joyce.

3. In Forster's opinion, what is the key failing of English fiction?
(a) Characters.
(b) Value.
(c) Provincialism.
(d) Plot.

4. What is the name of the main character in The Ambassadors?
(a) Sullivan.
(b) Strether.
(c) Smith.
(d) Stevens.

5. The test of a round character is whether it is capable of _________ the reader.
(a) Fooling.
(b) Engaging.
(c) Surprising.
(d) Comforting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Forster call the small gods that he says haunt us today?

2. What is the setting of Thais?

3. Forster considers a novel to be any fictitious prose over __________ words.

4. What is the name of the French critic Forster quotes in his discussion of People?

5. What shape is the pattern of The Ambassadors?

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