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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years separate the writing of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?
(a) 160.
(b) 75.
(c) 150.
(d) 200.

2. What does Forster call characters like Miss Grizzle in The Antiquary?
(a) Clever ploys.
(b) Annoying bits.
(c) Pointless blobs.
(d) Ragged ends.

3. Who tries to abolish time in a novel according to Forster?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Sir Walter Scott.
(c) Marcel Proust.
(d) Leo Tolstoy.

4. What is the thing a novelist should never aim for, but fails if this is not achieved?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Genius.

5. Which author does the critic Percy Lubbock feel does not do a good job with point of view?
(a) Melville.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Lawrence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are flat characters called in the seventeenth century?

2. The purpose of food in fiction is mostly a ____________ one.

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

4. Which author does Forster say his own priggishness prevents him from enjoying?

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

(see the answer key)

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