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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Considering literature on the basis of time periods is the act of the ________________.
(a) Scholar.
(b) Pseudo-scholar.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Expert.

2. What does Forster call characters like Miss Grizzle in The Antiquary?
(a) Annoying bits.
(b) Clever ploys.
(c) Ragged ends.
(d) Pointless blobs.

3. Forster says that neither ________ nor anticipation is interested in Father Time.
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Memory.
(c) Loss.
(d) Love.

4. Who is the author of Zuleika Dobson?
(a) Max Beerbohm.
(b) Percy Lubbock.
(c) Thomas Hardy.
(d) George Meredith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which novel does Forster say that the author bounces the reader around characters?

2. What is the novel Ulysses adapted from?

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

4. Which Meredith novel does Forster use to demonstrate a character with a concealed emotion?

5. What is the name of the young man in the first sentence of The Antiquary?

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