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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Forster say it is impossible to study about literature?
(a) Value.
(b) Reason.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Plot.

2. How many years separate the writing of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?
(a) 200.
(b) 150.
(c) 75.
(d) 160.

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

4. Forster believes the truest way to look at a novel is by examining the author's what?
(a) Notes.
(b) Meaning.
(c) Past.
(d) Structure.

5. In the introductory section, Forster quotes from whom to describe the duties of the critic?
(a) C.S. Lewis.
(b) Sir Walter Scott.
(c) T. S. Elliot.
(d) William George Clark.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Forster say he would answer the question, "What does a novel do?"

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

4. In a work in which the author classifies novels by weather, how many different headings are there?

5. Who tries to abolish time in a novel according to Forster?

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