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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the main character in The Ambassadors?
(a) Smith.
(b) Stevens.
(c) Strether.
(d) Sullivan.

2. Plot represents the _______ in literary work.
(a) Art.
(b) Reason.
(c) Backdrop.
(d) Form.

3. Who is the second hypothetical person to whom Forster poses the question, "What does a novel do?"
(a) A writer.
(b) A bus driver.
(c) A golfer.
(d) A zookeeper.

4. Who is the author of Roman Pictures?
(a) D.H. Lawrence.
(b) George Meredith.
(c) Percy Lubbock.
(d) E.M. Forster.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author does the critic Percy Lubbock feel does not do a good job with point of view?

2. Where is Moll sent after she is caught stealing?

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

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

5. Forster says an easy way to define any aspect of fiction is to consider what kind of ___________ it makes on the reader.

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