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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the young man in the first sentence of The Antiquary?
(a) Laurence.
(b) Jonathon.
(c) Edie.
(d) Lovel.

3. The purpose of food in fiction is mostly a ____________ one.
(a) Subtley.
(b) Sustenance.
(c) Substance.
(d) Social.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Forster, the story is the ___________ of a voice in the novel.

2. Forster discusses the death of the character Mrs.Proudie in a novel by whom?

3. According to Forster, what is the final test of a novel?

4. Forster gives his series of lectures on the Aspects of the Novel at Trinity College at _______________.

5. Who is the second hypothetical person to whom Forster poses the question, "What does a novel do?"

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