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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Antiquary in Scott's novel?
(a) Miss Grizzle.
(b) Lovel.
(c) Jonathon Oldbuck.
(d) Edie Ochiltree.

2. In what year does E.M. Forster present his lecture series, Aspects of the Novel?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1923.

3. Storytelling is the ____________ aspect of the novel.
(a) Controversial.
(b) Extraneous.
(c) Fundamental.
(d) Ridiculous.

4. Forster believes daily life is made up of time and ___________.
(a) Labor.
(b) Love.
(c) Value.
(d) Boredom.

5. Which poet does Forster say has made eating somewhat sensuous in his poems?
(a) Milton.
(b) Browning.
(c) Meredith.
(d) Shakespeare.

6. What are flat characters called in the seventeenth century?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Humans.
(c) Paper thin.
(d) Flaties.

7. In a work in which the author classifies novels by weather, how many different headings are there?
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Five.

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

9. Considering literature on the basis of time periods is the act of the ________________.
(a) Pseudo-scholar.
(b) Scholar.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Expert.

10. According to Forster, the story is the ___________ of a voice in the novel.
(a) Repository.
(b) Requirement.
(c) Border.
(d) Backbone.

11. Forster contends that while The Antiquary has suspense, it lacks what?
(a) Theme.
(b) Passion.
(c) Story.
(d) Marketability.

12. What is the highest common factor to all novels?
(a) The story.
(b) The character.
(c) The plot.
(d) The theme.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The purpose of food in fiction is mostly a ____________ one.

2. What is the name of the French critic Forster quotes in his discussion of People?

3. In the People section, Forster says that novelists are appealing to more than our _________ when it comes to the characters of a novel.

4. Which author does Forster say is a genius with characters who are caricatures?

5. How many years separate the writing of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?

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