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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scott accomplish in the first sentence of The Antiquary?
(a) Determine the plot.
(b) Setting the scene.
(c) Introducing the characters.
(d) Boring the reader.

2. What is the name of the popular text William George Clark wrote?
(a) Shakespeare Around the Globe.
(b) Globe Shakespeare.
(c) Globe Theater and Shakespeare.
(d) Shakespearean Globe.

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

4. The secret lives of people in novels are __________.
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Imperfect.
(c) Visible.
(d) Invisible.

5. Who is the first hypothetical person to whom Forster poses the question, "What does a novel do?"
(a) A golfer.
(b) A zookeeper.
(c) A writer.
(d) A bus driver.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Forster use as an example of something all humans have that rarely gets mentioned in novels?

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

4. What is the only literary tool to have an effect on tyrants and savages?

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

(see the answer key)

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