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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 Jane Austen character that Forster uses to illustrate "life like" aspects of characters?
(a) Mrs. Bennet.
(b) Miss Bates.
(c) Mr. Baker.
(d) Elizabeth Bennet.

2. Who is the author of The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders?
(a) Anothony Trollope.
(b) George Meredith.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Daniel Defoe.

3. Who does Forster say is the real hero of The Old Wives' Tale?
(a) Plot.
(b) Character.
(c) Time.
(d) Value.

4. Novelists unintentionally make their characters overly sensitive to what?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) Birth.
(d) Food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Forster compares the story as the _________ of the novel.

2. In the People section, Forster says that novelists are appealing to more than our _________ when it comes to the characters of a novel.

3. Flat characters are seldom used in what type of novels?

4. Forster says that history is dominated by a sense of what?

5. Storytelling is the ____________ aspect of the novel.

(see the answer key)

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