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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Forster begins the second section on People, he says that he turns from transplantation of characters to what?
(a) Assimilation.
(b) Assertion.
(c) Acclimation.
(d) Assistance.

2. A Meredithian plot resembles a series of what?
(a) Kiosks.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Valleys.
(d) Questions.

3. Whose method with character does Forster believe has been misunderstood?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Austen.
(d) Melville.

4. What is the name of the last ship in Moby Dick that Forster thinks is aptly named?
(a) Wrath.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Delight.

5. According to Forster, what is the final test of a novel?
(a) Financial gains of the author.
(b) Time it is published.
(c) Critical acclaim.
(d) Our affection for it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Forster says if rhythm is done badly it hardens into a what?

3. Forster believes that happiness and misery exist in the ___________.

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

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

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