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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years separate the writing of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?
(a) 200.
(b) 75.
(c) 160.
(d) 150.

2. What year does Charles Dickens publish Great Expectations?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1901.

3. Forster says he is not analyzing The Antiquary, but rather _____________ it.
(a) Transcribing.
(b) Enlightening.
(c) Translating.
(d) Paraphrasing.

4. Forster starts his discussion of round characters with the novel ____________.
(a) Emma.
(b) Wuthering Heights.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Mansfield Park.

5. Which author has numerous flat characters who can express themselves in a single sentence?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Proust.
(c) Austen.
(d) Dickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Storytelling is the ____________ aspect of the novel.

2. All writers, regardless of time period or subject matter, write because of what?

3. Whose characters does Forster describe as being as "flat as a photograph"?

4. Who does Forster say saved his life by telling good stories?

5. Who is the author of The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders?

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