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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 Les Fax Monnayeurs?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Gusteau.
(c) Olivier.
(d) Jean.

2. Forster says that history is dominated by a sense of what?
(a) Fatality.
(b) Futility.
(c) Fury.
(d) Frustration.

3. Forster says an easy way to define any aspect of fiction is to consider what kind of ___________ it makes on the reader.
(a) Force.
(b) Impression.
(c) Demand.
(d) Mystery.

4. What is the silliest way Forster believes there is to classify novels?
(a) Subject matter.
(b) Time period.
(c) Genre.
(d) Author's names.

5. How many years separate the writing of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?
(a) 75.
(b) 160.
(c) 200.
(d) 150.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does Charles Dickens publish Great Expectations?

2. Who is the main character in the George Eliot novel that Forster uses to illustrate prophecy?

3. In a work in which the author classifies novels by weather, how many different headings are there?

4. Forster distinguishes novels with fantasy and novels with prophecy by their what?

5. Forster refers to characters as ________ created by the novelist.

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