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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Forster's opinion, what is the key failing of English fiction?
(a) Characters.
(b) Plot.
(c) Provincialism.
(d) Value.

2. Forster surmises that the character Moll was born out the author's experience in _____________.
(a) Prison.
(b) College.
(c) Politics.
(d) War.

3. Forster considers what to be the enemy when studying literature?
(a) Mood.
(b) Time.
(c) Place.
(d) Value.

4. Which poet does Forster say has made eating somewhat sensuous in his poems?
(a) Meredith.
(b) Milton.
(c) Browning.
(d) Shakespeare.

5. Fictional characters come into the world more like what than human beings?
(a) Antics.
(b) Particles.
(c) Animals.
(d) Parcels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Storytelling is the ____________ aspect of the novel.

2. Novelists unintentionally make their characters overly sensitive to what?

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

4. Forster says that history is dominated by a sense of what?

5. Forster contends that while The Antiquary has suspense, it lacks what?

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