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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Forster say it is impossible to study about literature?
(a) Plot.
(b) Tradition.
(c) Reason.
(d) Value.

3. What novel does Forster refer to as his eternal summer?
(a) The Antiquary.
(b) The Swiss Family Robinson.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) The Old Wives' Tale.

4. To explore fantasy, who does Forster call upon?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Appollo.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Zeus.

5. Forster considers Roman Pictures to be a __________.
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Love story.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Social comedy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The critic Norman Douglas writes an open letter to which author?

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

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

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