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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Forster quote at the end of his discussion on prophecy?
(a) Browning.
(b) Blake.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. Novelists unintentionally make their characters overly sensitive to what?
(a) Food.
(b) Love.
(c) Birth.
(d) Death.

4. How many hours of the day does Forster suppose should be devoted to love?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

5. What does Forster say is one of the lowest of human faculties?
(a) Envy.
(b) Greed.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Shame.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Meredith novel does Forster use to demonstrate a character with a concealed emotion?

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

3. Forster says novelists find death to be ____________.

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

5. According to Forster, Moby Dick should be seen as a what?

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