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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The historian ______________, while the novelist creates.
(a) Records.
(b) Retreats.
(c) Regrets.
(d) Receives.

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

3. Forster considers Roman Pictures to be a __________.
(a) Social comedy.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Love story.

4. What is the name of the book that William George Clark wrote about his time in Spain?
(a) Gazpacho.
(b) Groucho.
(c) Galapogas.
(d) Gauchos.

5. In which novel does Forster say that the author bounces the reader around characters?
(a) Emma.
(b) Mansfield Park.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Bleak House.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the French critic Forster quotes in his discussion of People?

2. A plot requires a reader's intelligence and __________.

3. Which characters in The Antiquary does Forster say Scott introduced artlessly?

4. The Magic Flute is a parody of the work of whom?

5. Which novel does Forster say has a sense of space?

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