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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The novel Thais is in the pattern of what?
(a) Hourglass.
(b) Circle.
(c) Triangle.
(d) Chain.

2. What are flat characters called in the seventeenth century?
(a) Paper thin.
(b) Flaties.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Humans.

3. What does Forster believe a good novel is "sogged with"?
(a) Plot.
(b) Action.
(c) Story.
(d) Humanity.

4. Aristotle said characters give the reader qualities through _________.
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Narrative.
(d) Actions.

5. Who does Forster say has novels with plots that "triumph too completely?"
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Leo Tolstoy.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) Andre Gide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which George Eliot novel does Forster refer to in his discussion of prophecy?

2. Who is the author of Boon?

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

4. Flecker's Magic combines the kingdoms of magic and _________.

5. How does Forster say he would answer the question, "What does a novel do?"

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