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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The secret lives of people in novels are __________.
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Invisible.
(c) Imperfect.
(d) Visible.

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

3. What is the only literary tool to have an effect on tyrants and savages?
(a) Drama.
(b) Theme.
(c) Suspense.
(d) Editing.

4. Which author does Forster say is a genius with characters who are caricatures?
(a) Trollope.
(b) Austen.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Sterne.

5. Forster says that Virginia Woolf is a what?
(a) Fanatic.
(b) Fantasist.
(c) Failure.
(d) Futurist.

Short Answer Questions

1. A novel that does not include an aspect of time is _____________.

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

3. Which novel does Forster say has a sense of space?

4. How many years separate the writing of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?

5. The purpose of food in fiction is mostly a ____________ one.

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