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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster wonders if there is any rhythm in novels comparable to ____________.
(a) Symphony No. 7.
(b) The Fifth Symphony.
(c) Pastoral Symphony.
(d) Symphony No. 3.

2. Which author has numerous flat characters who can express themselves in a single sentence?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Proust.
(d) Austen.

3. What is the name of the Jane Austen character that Forster uses to illustrate "life like" aspects of characters?
(a) Miss Bates.
(b) Mrs. Bennet.
(c) Mr. Baker.
(d) Elizabeth Bennet.

4. Forster says that Virginia Woolf is a what?
(a) Failure.
(b) Fanatic.
(c) Fantasist.
(d) Futurist.

5. What shape is the pattern of The Ambassadors?
(a) Circle.
(b) Triangle.
(c) Hourglass.
(d) Chain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristotle said characters give the reader qualities through _________.

2. Forster distinguishes novels with fantasy and novels with prophecy by their what?

3. Forster says ___________ never comes off in novels.

4. What is the name of the main character in The Ambassadors?

5. Who is the second hypothetical person to whom Forster poses the question, "What does a novel do?"

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