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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which novel does Forster say has a sense of space?
(a) Emma.
(b) The Antiquary.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) War of the Worlds.

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

3. Forster discusses the death of the character Mrs.Proudie in a novel by whom?
(a) Austen.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Trollope.
(d) Dickens.

4. What is the occupation of the husband Moll loves deeply in the novel?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Barkeeper.
(c) Pickpocket.
(d) Highwayman.

5. Forster says novelists find death to be ____________.
(a) Controversial.
(b) Congenial.
(c) Confusing.
(d) Coincindental.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Forster use as an example when he discusses the difference between real people and fictional people?

2. What is the name of the Jane Austen character that Forster uses to illustrate "life like" aspects of characters?

3. Forster surmises that the character Moll was born out the author's experience in _____________.

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

5. The test of a round character is whether it is capable of _________ the reader.

(see the answer key)

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