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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The story appeals to what is ___________ in people.
(a) Modern.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Primative.

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

3. All writers, regardless of time period or subject matter, write because of what?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Greed.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Desire.

4. What subject do the excerpts of H.G. Wells and Charles Dickens that Forster compares in the Introduction both describe?
(a) Love.
(b) Funerals.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Weddings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the popular text William George Clark wrote?

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

3. According to Forster, what is the final test of a novel?

4. Forster considers what to be the enemy when studying literature?

5. In Forster's opinion, what is the key failing of English fiction?

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