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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the second hypothetical person to whom Forster poses the question, "What does a novel do?"
(a) A bus driver.
(b) A writer.
(c) A golfer.
(d) A zookeeper.

2. In The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders, the character is _____________.
(a) Secondary.
(b) Arbitrary.
(c) Existential.
(d) Everything.

3. Who is the first hypothetical person to whom Forster poses the question, "What does a novel do?"
(a) A writer.
(b) A zookeeper.
(c) A golfer.
(d) A bus driver.

4. Which author does the critic Percy Lubbock feel does not do a good job with point of view?
(a) Melville.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Dickens.

5. The story appeals to what is ___________ in people.
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Primative.
(d) Modern.

Short Answer Questions

1. Characters _______ daily life, not coincide with it.

2. In what year does E.M. Forster present his lecture series, Aspects of the Novel?

3. In the introductory section, Forster quotes from whom to describe the duties of the critic?

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

5. What is the name of the French critic Forster quotes in his discussion of People?

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