Free Aspects of the Novel Quiz

1)

Forster surmises that the character Moll was born out the author's experience in _____________. (from Section 3)

College.

War.

Politics.

Prison.

2)

In one line of thought about the future, civilization is only a ___________. (from Section 9)

Song.

Veneer.

Whisper.

Breeze.

3)

As Forster begins the second section on People, he says that he turns from transplantation of characters to what? (from Section 4)

Acclimation.

Assimilation.

Assertion.

Assistance.

4)

Which poet does Forster say has made eating somewhat sensuous in his poems? (from Section 3)

Meredith.

Browning.

Shakespeare.

Milton.

5)

Which author does Forster say is a genius with characters who are caricatures? (from Section 4)

Sterne.

Austen.

Dickens.

Trollope.

6)

What does Forster say is absolutely essential to a plot? (from Section 5)

Timing.

Mystery.

Characters.

Action.

7)

Forster uses the musings of who to offer two thoughts on the future of mankind? (from Section 9)

An old woman.

A critic.

A child.

An old man.

8)

Forster sees the two movements of the human mind being the rush of history and the other being _________. (from Section 9)

Currents.

Bird in flight.

Crablike.

A train.

9)

What does Forster say is one of the lowest of human faculties? (from Section 5)

Envy.

Greed.

Shame.

Curiosity.

10)

Characters _______ daily life, not coincide with it. (from Section 4)

Propel.

Process.

Parallel.

Paint.

11)

Who is the author of Moby Dick? (from Section 7)

Bronte.

Joyce.

Dostoevsky.

Melville.

12)

Which Meredith novel does Forster use to demonstrate a character with a concealed emotion? (from Section 5)

The Egoist.

Beauchamp's Career.

The Bishop's Tale.

Barnaby's Crossing.

13)

Which character from the novel Evan Harrington is a good example of a memorable flat character? (from Section 4)

Becky Sharp.

The Countess.

The Count of Denmark.

Jane Elliot.

14)

Who is the author of Boon? (from Section 8)

H.G. Wells.

James Joyce.

D.H. Lawrence.

Henry James.

15)

Forster discusses the death of the character Mrs.Proudie in a novel by whom? (from Section 3)

Dickens.

Tolstoy.

Austen.

Trollope.

16)

Which George Eliot novel does Forster refer to in his discussion of prophecy? (from Section 7)

Adam Bede.

Silas Marner.

The Mill on the Floss.

Middlemarch.

17)

Forster contends that Henry James has two kinds of main characters, the observer and the ________. (from Section 8)

Second-rate outsider.

First-rate manipulator.

Tragic lover.

Wise widow.

18)

What is the novel Ulysses adapted from? (from Section 6)

Oedipus.

Hercules.

Odyssey.

Trojan War.

19)

Forster says by putting all of the novelists' writing in one room he has put their work through the crucible of what? (from Section 9)

Desire.

Inspiration.

Time.

Value.

20)

Which critic does Forster refer to in the last chapter? (from Section 9)

Percy Lubbock.

I.A. Richards.

Alain.

William George Clark.

21)

The plot of a novel asks what question? (from Section 5)

How?

Where?

When?

Why?

22)

Who is the author of Ulysses? (from Section 6)

James Joyce.

Homer.

E.M. Forster.