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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does prophecy require from the reader in addition to a suspension of a sense of humor?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Humility.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Wisdom.

2. Which author does Forster refer to as a preacher, not a prophet?
(a) Henry James.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Fyodor Dostoevsky.
(d) George Eliot.

3. Forster says that history is dominated by a sense of what?
(a) Fury.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Futility.
(d) Fatality.

4. Plot represents the _______ in literary work.
(a) Form.
(b) Art.
(c) Reason.
(d) Backdrop.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the main character in Moby Dick?

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

4. Who is the author of Les Faux Monnayeurs?

5. Aristotle said characters give the reader qualities through _________.

(see the answer key)

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