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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Forster say saved his life by telling good stories?
(a) Bronte.
(b) Stein.
(c) Austen.
(d) Scheherade.

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

5. What is the name of the book written by critic Percy Lubbock?
(a) The Art and Craft of Novel Writing.
(b) Critiques on Fiction.
(c) Novel Writing.
(d) The Craft of Fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Forster's opinion, what is the key failing of English fiction?

2. Through characters, novels give the reader the illusion of _________________.

3. Who does Forster say is the real hero of The Old Wives' Tale?

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

5. To be a true critic of literature, one must do what?

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