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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster says that Virginia Woolf is a what?
(a) Futurist.
(b) Fanatic.
(c) Fantasist.
(d) Failure.

2. When comparing plot and drama, Forster visualizes plot as what?
(a) Queen of England.
(b) Higher government official.
(c) Grand Dame.
(d) Lowly paid worker.

3. The purpose of food in fiction is mostly a ____________ one.
(a) Social.
(b) Sustenance.
(c) Subtley.
(d) Substance.

4. Forster contends that while The Antiquary has suspense, it lacks what?
(a) Marketability.
(b) Story.
(c) Theme.
(d) Passion.

5. What does Forster say is absolutely essential to a plot?
(a) Timing.
(b) Characters.
(c) Action.
(d) Mystery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Birth and death are the what of the five facts of human life?

2. All writers, regardless of time period or subject matter, write because of what?

3. Plot represents the _______ in literary work.

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

5. What does Forster say is the enduring effect of The Ambassadors?

(see the answer key)

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