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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster refers to characters as ________ created by the novelist.
(a) Word masses.
(b) Creatures.
(c) Babies.
(d) Children.

2. What is the setting of The Ambassadors?
(a) London.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

3. What is the novel Ulysses adapted from?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Odyssey.
(d) Trojan War.

4. Characters must not spread themselves out too far, but rather should ____________.
(a) Eat, drink, and be merry.
(b) Exercise mutual restraint.
(c) Be consistent.
(d) Think small.

5. Forster believes the truest way to look at a novel is by examining the author's what?
(a) Past.
(b) Structure.
(c) Meaning.
(d) Notes.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Forster begins the second section on People, he says that he turns from transplantation of characters to what?

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

3. Who is the first hypothetical person to whom Forster poses the question, "What does a novel do?"

4. Forster quotes George Meredith as saying we must live by the ___________ or the block.

5. Who is the author of The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders?

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