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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which author has numerous flat characters who can express themselves in a single sentence?
(a) Dickens.
(b) Tolstoy.
(c) Proust.
(d) Austen.

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

3. To be a true critic of literature, one must do what?
(a) Listen.
(b) Study.
(c) Read.
(d) Write.

4. Which author does Forster say his own priggishness prevents him from enjoying?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Conan Doyle.
(c) George Meredith.
(d) Jane Austen.

5. The test of a round character is whether it is capable of _________ the reader.
(a) Comforting.
(b) Surprising.
(c) Engaging.
(d) Fooling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Forster say he would answer the question, "What does a novel do?"

2. Works that deal with real people are called what?

3. A Meredithian plot resembles a series of what?

4. Forster gives his series of lectures on the Aspects of the Novel at Trinity College at _______________.

5. Forster says an easy way to define any aspect of fiction is to consider what kind of ___________ it makes on the reader.

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