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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 does Forster refer to when talking about the chaos that prophecy can bring to a novel?
(a) George Meredith.
(b) D.H. Lawrence.
(c) Emily Bronte.
(d) Lawrence Sterne.

2. What is the name of the young man in the first sentence of The Antiquary?
(a) Laurence.
(b) Edie.
(c) Jonathon.
(d) Lovel.

3. All writers, regardless of time period or subject matter, write because of what?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Desire.
(c) Greed.
(d) Frustration.

4. Forster contends that if we were able to survey all of human activity, we would be able to "see the shifting of the __________."
(a) Wings.
(b) Passengers.
(c) Grains of sand.
(d) Tides.

5. Forster starts his discussion of round characters with the novel ____________.
(a) Mansfield Park.
(b) Emma.
(c) Wuthering Heights.
(d) War and Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Forster says he will borrow from what in describing pattern?

2. According to Forster, the story is the ___________ of a voice in the novel.

3. Who is the author of Roman Pictures?

4. What is the novel Ulysses adapted from?

5. Which Meredith novel does Forster use to demonstrate a character with a concealed emotion?

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