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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scott accomplish in the first sentence of The Antiquary?
(a) Introducing the characters.
(b) Determine the plot.
(c) Setting the scene.
(d) Boring the reader.

2. Forster says he is not analyzing The Antiquary, but rather _____________ it.
(a) Paraphrasing.
(b) Translating.
(c) Transcribing.
(d) Enlightening.

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

4. Which Meredith novel does Forster discuss at length?
(a) The Bishop's Tale.
(b) The Egoist.
(c) Barnaby's Crossing.
(d) Beauchamp's Career.

5. Forster says characters are full of the spirit of what?
(a) Amusement.
(b) Love.
(c) Malice.
(d) Mutiny.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The test of a round character is whether it is capable of _________ the reader.

3. When comparing plot and drama, Forster visualizes plot as what?

4. What is the silliest way Forster believes there is to classify novels?

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

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