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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster quotes George Meredith as saying we must live by the ___________ or the block.
(a) Promise.
(b) Pen.
(c) Future.
(d) Sword.

2. What is the setting for Flecker's Magic?
(a) Dublin.
(b) London.
(c) Athens.
(d) Paris.

3. In what year does E.M. Forster present his lecture series, Aspects of the Novel?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1923.

4. When comparing plot and drama, Forster visualizes plot as what?
(a) Lowly paid worker.
(b) Grand Dame.
(c) Queen of England.
(d) Higher government official.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to abolish time in a novel according to Forster?

2. Whose characters does Forster describe as being as "flat as a photograph"?

3. Forster's third set of excerpts in the Introduction are from Virgina Woolf and _______________.

4. Which author does Forster say his own priggishness prevents him from enjoying?

5. What is the setting of Thais?

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