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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Art of Fiction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dr. Hugh's reaction to Dencombe's book?
(a) He praises it lavishly.
(b) He is enthusiastic by reserved.
(c) He is unrestrainedly critical.
(d) He is profoundly personally moved.

2. To whom is the Munich engaged?
(a) Mr. Bradeen.
(b) Captain Everard.
(c) Mr. Mudge.
(d) A school teacher.

3. What does Dencombe realize as he dies?
(a) People only get one chance.
(b) People die and get reborn all the time.
(c) Books only live forever if they have readers.
(d) Writers are already dead.

4. What did people think fiction should do, according to Henry James?
(a) Undermine the dominant paradigm.
(b) Raise powerful questions.
(c) Educate or entertain.
(d) Restore the golden age.

5. Why does Dencombe feel this way?
(a) He has published so many novels, he has gone through this before.
(b) He did not expect this money to come to him.
(c) This is his first book.
(d) His previous books were not well received, and he does not expect this one to be either.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator think Brooksmith is now?

2. Where does John Marcher meet May Bartram?

3. Where does Brooksmith go after his mother dies?

4. What does art thrive on, according to 'Art of Fiction'?

5. What was Julianne Bordereau's response to the publisher's initial request?

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