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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The test of a round character is whether it is capable of _________ the reader.
(a) Comforting.
(b) Surprising.
(c) Fooling.
(d) Engaging.

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

4. Works that deal with real people are called what?
(a) Memoirs.
(b) Mosaics.
(c) Memories.
(d) Mysteries.

5. Birth and death are the what of the five facts of human life?
(a) Surest.
(b) Silliest.
(c) Strangest.
(d) Strongest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders, the character is _____________.

2. Forster gives his series of lectures on the Aspects of the Novel at Trinity College at _______________.

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

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

5. What is the name of the French critic Forster quotes in his discussion of People?

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