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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Works that deal with real people are called what?
(a) Mysteries.
(b) Memories.
(c) Memoirs.
(d) Mosaics.

2. Forster says it is wrong to see the __________ in Moby Dick as a symbol.
(a) Bird.
(b) Coffin.
(c) Whale.
(d) Sea.

3. According to Forster, the story is the ___________ of a voice in the novel.
(a) Requirement.
(b) Backbone.
(c) Repository.
(d) Border.

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

5. Forster gives his series of lectures on the Aspects of the Novel at Trinity College at _______________.
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Cambridge University.
(d) Princeton University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author does Forster refer to when talking about the chaos that prophecy can bring to a novel?

2. Which critic does Forster refer to in the last chapter?

3. Forster compares the story as the _________ of the novel.

4. What is the setting of Ulysses?

5. Considering literature on the basis of time periods is the act of the ________________.

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