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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster considers what to be the enemy when studying literature?
(a) Time.
(b) Value.
(c) Place.
(d) Mood.

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

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

4. What does Forster use as an example of something all humans have that rarely gets mentioned in novels?
(a) Toes.
(b) Brains.
(c) Hearts.
(d) Glands.

5. Which George Eliot novel does Forster refer to in his discussion of prophecy?
(a) Silas Marner.
(b) Middlemarch.
(c) Adam Bede.
(d) The Mill on the Floss.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Forster begins the second section on People, he says that he turns from transplantation of characters to what?

2. What is the one short story that Forster discusses in his lectures?

3. In the introductory section, Forster quotes from whom to describe the duties of the critic?

4. Flecker's Magic combines the kingdoms of magic and _________.

5. What is the setting of Thais?

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