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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the main character in the George Eliot novel that Forster uses to illustrate prophecy?
(a) Cecilia.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Hetty.
(d) Hester.

2. Which George Eliot novel does Forster refer to in his discussion of prophecy?
(a) The Mill on the Floss.
(b) Adam Bede.
(c) Middlemarch.
(d) Silas Marner.

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

4. Who is the one living prophetic novelist that Forster names at the time of his lecture series?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) Henry James.
(d) George Eliot.

5. Who is the author of The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders?
(a) George Meredith.
(b) Daniel Defoe.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Anothony Trollope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of the husband Moll loves deeply in the novel?

2. What is the one short story that Forster discusses in his lectures?

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

4. Which poet does Forster say has made eating somewhat sensuous in his poems?

5. What does Forster say is absolutely essential to a plot?

(see the answer key)

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