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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The purpose of food in fiction is mostly a ____________ one.
(a) Sustenance.
(b) Subtley.
(c) Social.
(d) Substance.

2. As Forster begins the second section on People, he says that he turns from transplantation of characters to what?
(a) Assimilation.
(b) Assistance.
(c) Acclimation.
(d) Assertion.

3. In which novel does Forster say that the author bounces the reader around characters?
(a) Emma.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Bleak House.
(d) Mansfield Park.

4. What novel does Forster refer to as his eternal summer?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) The Antiquary.
(c) The Old Wives' Tale.
(d) The Swiss Family Robinson.

5. How does Forster say he would answer the question, "What does a novel do?"
(a) Disgustedly.
(b) Jubiently.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Sadly.

Short Answer Questions

1. William George Clark is best known for being what?

2. Forster says characters are full of the spirit of what?

3. Forster discusses the death of the character Mrs.Proudie in a novel by whom?

4. In the introductory section, Forster quotes from whom to describe the duties of the critic?

5. What is the highest common factor to all novels?

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