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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the last ship in Moby Dick that Forster thinks is aptly named?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Mercy.
(c) Delight.
(d) Wrath.

2. Forster surmises that the character Moll was born out the author's experience in _____________.
(a) Politics.
(b) College.
(c) Prison.
(d) War.

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

4. What is the occupation of the husband Moll loves deeply in the novel?
(a) Highwayman.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Pickpocket.
(d) Barkeeper.

5. Fictional characters come into the world more like what than human beings?
(a) Animals.
(b) Antics.
(c) Particles.
(d) Parcels.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the People section, Forster says that novelists are appealing to more than our _________ when it comes to the characters of a novel.

2. Who does Forster use as an example when he discusses the difference between real people and fictional people?

3. Who is the one living prophetic novelist that Forster names at the time of his lecture series?

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

5. Plot represents the _______ in literary work.

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