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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster considers a novel to be any fictitious prose over __________ words.
(a) 50,000.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 30,000.

2. 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.

3. Storytelling is the ____________ aspect of the novel.
(a) Controversial.
(b) Extraneous.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Fundamental.

4. What is the name of the book that William George Clark wrote about his time in Spain?
(a) Groucho.
(b) Gazpacho.
(c) Galapogas.
(d) Gauchos.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Forster compares the story as the _________ of the novel.

3. How many years separate the writing of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?

4. Forster says that neither ________ nor anticipation is interested in Father Time.

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

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