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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the highest common factor to all novels?
(a) The theme.
(b) The story.
(c) The character.
(d) The plot.

2. Forster contends that while The Antiquary has suspense, it lacks what?
(a) Passion.
(b) Theme.
(c) Story.
(d) Marketability.

3. What novel does Forster refer to as his eternal summer?
(a) The Antiquary.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) The Old Wives' Tale.
(d) The Swiss Family Robinson.

4. In what year does E.M. Forster present his lecture series, Aspects of the Novel?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1932.

5. Forster believes daily life is made up of time and ___________.
(a) Love.
(b) Labor.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Value.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the introductory section, Forster quotes from whom to describe the duties of the critic?

2. To be a true critic of literature, one must do what?

3. Forster says that Virginia Woolf is a what?

4. Forster considers a novel to be any fictitious prose over __________ words.

5. What does Forster call characters like Miss Grizzle in The Antiquary?

(see the answer key)

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