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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year does Charles Dickens publish Great Expectations?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1845.

2. What is the silliest way Forster believes there is to classify novels?
(a) Time period.
(b) Genre.
(c) Author's names.
(d) Subject matter.

3. William George Clark is best known for being what?
(a) Shakespearean Scholar.
(b) Novelist.
(c) Minister.
(d) Humorist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Forster considers a novel to be any fictitious prose over __________ words.

2. Which novel does Forster say has a sense of space?

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

4. All writers, regardless of time period or subject matter, write because of what?

5. Which characters in The Antiquary does Forster say Scott introduced artlessly?

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