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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the French critic Forster quotes in his discussion of People?
(a) Alain.
(b) Jacque.
(c) Jean Claude.
(d) Alaque.

2. A plot requires a reader's intelligence and __________.
(a) Sensibility.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Memory.

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

4. In The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders, the character is _____________.
(a) Everything.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Existential.
(d) Secondary.

5. Forster says that permanency is one of the illusions attached to what?
(a) Birth.
(b) Love.
(c) Death.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. The secret lives of people in novels are __________.

2. Novelists unintentionally make their characters overly sensitive to what?

3. Who is the author of Moby Dick?

4. Who does Forster say has novels with plots that "triumph too completely?"

5. Which one of the following is NOT an author that Forster considers to use prophecy well?

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