Aspects of the Novel Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Characters must not spread themselves out too far, but rather should ____________.
(a) Exercise mutual restraint.
(b) Be consistent.
(c) Think small.
(d) Eat, drink, and be merry.

2. What does Forster call characters like Miss Grizzle in The Antiquary?
(a) Pointless blobs.
(b) Annoying bits.
(c) Clever ploys.
(d) Ragged ends.

3. Forster says that Virginia Woolf is a what?
(a) Fanatic.
(b) Fantasist.
(c) Futurist.
(d) Failure.

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

5. Who is the author of Les Faux Monnayeurs?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Andre Gide.
(c) Anthony Trollope.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the second hypothetical person to whom Forster poses the question, "What does a novel do?"

2. Who does Forster say saved his life by telling good stories?

3. What does Forster say is one of the lowest of human faculties?

4. Forster says that permanency is one of the illusions attached to what?

5. Through characters, novels give the reader the illusion of _________________.

(see the answer key)

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