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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story appeals to what is ___________ in people.
(a) Progressive.
(b) Modern.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Primative.

2. Considering literature on the basis of time periods is the act of the ________________.
(a) Pseudo-scholar.
(b) Scholar.
(c) Expert.
(d) Uneducated.

3. Forster compares the story as the _________ of the novel.
(a) Parent.
(b) Pet.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Tapeworm.

4. What is the only literary tool to have an effect on tyrants and savages?
(a) Theme.
(b) Drama.
(c) Suspense.
(d) Editing.

5. Who does Forster say saved his life by telling good stories?
(a) Stein.
(b) Bronte.
(c) Scheherade.
(d) Austen.

Short Answer Questions

1. The critic Norman Douglas writes an open letter to which author?

2. What are flat characters called in the seventeenth century?

3. What is the highest common factor to all novels?

4. What novel does Forster refer to as his eternal summer?

5. Forster contends that while The Antiquary has suspense, it lacks what?

(see the answer key)

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