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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster's third set of excerpts in the Introduction are from Virgina Woolf and _______________.
(a) Sir Walter Scott.
(b) Laurence Sterne.
(c) Samuel Richardson.
(d) Henry James.

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

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

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. Forster compares the story as the _________ of the novel.
(a) Pet.
(b) Tapeworm.
(c) Parent.
(d) Enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Forster says that Virginia Woolf is a what?

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

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

4. All writers, regardless of time period or subject matter, write because of what?

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

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