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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster wonders how ____ will combine with the "furniture of common sense" when it comes to prophecy.
(a) Dance.
(b) Song.
(c) Plot.
(d) Characters.

2. What is the thing a novelist should never aim for, but fails if this is not achieved?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Genius.
(d) Wisdom.

3. What is the name of the main character in The Brothers Karamazov?
(a) Yuri.
(b) Carl.
(c) Bruno.
(d) Mitya.

4. William George Clark is best known for being what?
(a) Humorist.
(b) Minister.
(c) Shakespearean Scholar.
(d) Novelist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the book written by critic Percy Lubbock?

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

3. Who does Forster use as an example when he discusses the difference between real people and fictional people?

4. What is the name of the book that William George Clark wrote about his time in Spain?

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

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