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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster says that Meredith was the greatest _____ that English fiction ever produced.
(a) Writer.
(b) Failure.
(c) Contriver.
(d) Plotter.

2. Which one of the following is NOT an author that Forster considers to use prophecy well?
(a) Dostoevsky.
(b) Melville.
(c) Bronte.
(d) Joyce.

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

4. When comparing plot and drama, Forster visualizes plot as what?
(a) Lowly paid worker.
(b) Grand Dame.
(c) Higher government official.
(d) Queen of England.

5. The plot of a novel asks what question?
(a) Why?
(b) When?
(c) How?
(d) Where?

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poet does Forster say has made eating somewhat sensuous in his poems?

2. Forster believes that happiness and misery exist in the ___________.

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

4. The historian ______________, while the novelist creates.

5. What is the name of the main character in The Brothers Karamazov?

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