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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster believes the truest way to look at a novel is by examining the author's what?
(a) Past.
(b) Notes.
(c) Meaning.
(d) Structure.

2. A Meredithian plot resembles a series of what?
(a) Valleys.
(b) Kiosks.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Questions.

3. What does Forster call the small gods that he says haunt us today?
(a) Imps.
(b) Sprites.
(c) Pixies.
(d) Fairies.

4. What does Scott accomplish in the first sentence of The Antiquary?
(a) Setting the scene.
(b) Boring the reader.
(c) Determine the plot.
(d) Introducing the characters.

5. Forster calls Zuleika Dobson the most ___________ achievement of fantasy in his time.
(a) Crowning.
(b) Consistent.
(c) Awesome.
(d) Notorious.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Magic Flute is a parody of the work of whom?

2. Forster says that history is dominated by a sense of what?

3. Forster says that Virginia Woolf is a what?

4. The plot of a novel asks what question?

5. According to Forster, the story is the ___________ of a voice in the novel.

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