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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the thing a novelist should never aim for, but fails if this is not achieved?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Genius.
(d) Beauty.

2. Forster contends that while The Antiquary has suspense, it lacks what?
(a) Story.
(b) Marketability.
(c) Theme.
(d) Passion.

3. Birth and death are the what of the five facts of human life?
(a) Silliest.
(b) Strangest.
(c) Surest.
(d) Strongest.

4. What is the highest common factor to all novels?
(a) The theme.
(b) The story.
(c) The character.
(d) The plot.

5. The historian ______________, while the novelist creates.
(a) Receives.
(b) Records.
(c) Retreats.
(d) Regrets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Forster says characters are full of the spirit of what?

2. Forster says that neither ________ nor anticipation is interested in Father Time.

3. The story appeals to what is ___________ in people.

4. Who does Forster say is the real hero of The Old Wives' Tale?

5. Forster contends that Henry James has two kinds of main characters, the observer and the ________.

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