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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster gives his series of lectures on the Aspects of the Novel at Trinity College at _______________.
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Cambridge University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Princeton University.

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

3. Forster believes the truest way to look at a novel is by examining the author's what?
(a) Meaning.
(b) Structure.
(c) Past.
(d) Notes.

4. Forster refers to characters as ________ created by the novelist.
(a) Creatures.
(b) Babies.
(c) Word masses.
(d) Children.

5. Works that deal with real people are called what?
(a) Mysteries.
(b) Mosaics.
(c) Memoirs.
(d) Memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which novel does Forster say has a sense of space?

2. Forster believes daily life is made up of time and ___________.

3. In the introductory section, Forster quotes from whom to describe the duties of the critic?

4. What subject do the excerpts of H.G. Wells and Charles Dickens that Forster compares in the Introduction both describe?

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

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