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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The purpose of food in fiction is mostly a ____________ one.
(a) Substance.
(b) Subtley.
(c) Social.
(d) Sustenance.

2. How does Forster say he would answer the question, "What does a novel do?"
(a) Disgustedly.
(b) Sadly.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Jubiently.

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

4. What subject do the excerpts of H.G. Wells and Charles Dickens that Forster compares in the Introduction both describe?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Love.
(c) Weddings.
(d) Funerals.

5. What is the name of the main character in Les Fax Monnayeurs?
(a) Jean.
(b) Gusteau.
(c) Olivier.
(d) Sophie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Forster, the story is the ___________ of a voice in the novel.

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

4. Forster refers to characters as ________ created by the novelist.

5. In what year does E.M. Forster present his lecture series, Aspects of the Novel?

(see the answer key)

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