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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of The Brothers Karamazov?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Trollope.
(c) Dostoevsky.
(d) Tolstoy.

2. In what year does E.M. Forster present his lecture series, Aspects of the Novel?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1932.

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

4. Forster believes that happiness and misery exist in the ___________.
(a) Author's imagination.
(b) Literature.
(c) After life.
(d) Secret life.

5. Flat characters are seldom used in what type of novels?
(a) French.
(b) Russian.
(c) German.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel does Forster refer to as his eternal summer?

2. What is the setting of Thais?

3. Which author does Forster say is a genius with characters who are caricatures?

4. What does Forster say is one of the lowest of human faculties?

5. The historian ______________, while the novelist creates.

(see the answer key)

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