View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster says that history is dominated by a sense of what?
(a) Fury.
(b) Futility.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Fatality.

2. What year does Charles Dickens publish Great Expectations?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1905.

3. What does Forster believe a good novel is "sogged with"?
(a) Story.
(b) Action.
(c) Plot.
(d) Humanity.

4. Which novel does Forster say has a sense of space?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) The Antiquary.
(c) Emma.
(d) War of the Worlds.

5. In Forster's opinion, what is the key failing of English fiction?
(a) Provincialism.
(b) Characters.
(c) Value.
(d) Plot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Scott accomplish in the first sentence of The Antiquary?

2. How many hours of the day does Forster suppose should be devoted to love?

3. Forster contends that while The Antiquary has suspense, it lacks what?

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

5. Birth and death are the what of the five facts of human life?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 160 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample