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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Forster, the story is the ___________ of a voice in the novel.
(a) Backbone.
(b) Repository.
(c) Border.
(d) Requirement.

3. To be a true critic of literature, one must do what?
(a) Write.
(b) Study.
(c) Read.
(d) Listen.

4. Who tries to abolish time in a novel according to Forster?
(a) Leo Tolstoy.
(b) Sir Walter Scott.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) Marcel Proust.

5. Works that deal with real people are called what?
(a) Memories.
(b) Memoirs.
(c) Mosaics.
(d) Mysteries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the book that William George Clark wrote about his time in Spain?

3. A novel that does not include an aspect of time is _____________.

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

5. Forster discusses the motto "_______ develops, Art stands still" in the introductory section.

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