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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What novel does Forster refer to when discussing the supernatural aspect of fantasy?
(a) Wisdom's Window.
(b) Shane McDadey.
(c) All The Gods.
(d) Tristram Shandy.

2. What does Forster use as an example of something all humans have that rarely gets mentioned in novels?
(a) Toes.
(b) Brains.
(c) Hearts.
(d) Glands.

3. What are flat characters called in the seventeenth century?
(a) Paper thin.
(b) Flaties.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Humans.

4. In Forster's opinion, what is the key failing of English fiction?
(a) Characters.
(b) Value.
(c) Provincialism.
(d) Plot.

5. Forster discusses the death of the character Mrs.Proudie in a novel by whom?
(a) Trollope.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Austen.
(d) Dickens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the silliest way Forster believes there is to classify novels?

2. Which poet does Forster say has made eating somewhat sensuous in his poems?

3. Fictional characters come into the world more like what than human beings?

4. Forster calls Zuleika Dobson the most ___________ achievement of fantasy in his time.

5. Forster considers what to be the enemy when studying literature?

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