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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Forster discusses the motto "_______ develops, Art stands still" in the introductory section.
(a) History.
(b) Writers.
(c) Artists.
(d) Novels.

2. Who does Forster say is the real hero of The Old Wives' Tale?
(a) Time.
(b) Plot.
(c) Character.
(d) Value.

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

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

5. The test of a round character is whether it is capable of _________ the reader.
(a) Fooling.
(b) Engaging.
(c) Comforting.
(d) Surprising.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The historian ______________, while the novelist creates.

3. Who tries to abolish time in a novel according to Forster?

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

5. As Forster begins the second section on People, he says that he turns from transplantation of characters to what?

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