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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Forster say saved his life by telling good stories?
(a) Austen.
(b) Stein.
(c) Bronte.
(d) Scheherade.

2. Forster says that neither ________ nor anticipation is interested in Father Time.
(a) Loss.
(b) Memory.
(c) Love.
(d) Wisdom.

3. Forster says that permanency is one of the illusions attached to what?
(a) Death.
(b) Birth.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Love.

4. Which characters in The Antiquary does Forster say Scott introduced artlessly?
(a) The Gallenhalls.
(b) The Glenwoods.
(c) The Glenallans.
(d) The Gallentry.

5. Forster considers what to be the enemy when studying literature?
(a) Time.
(b) Value.
(c) Place.
(d) Mood.

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

7. In the People section, Forster says that novelists are appealing to more than our _________ when it comes to the characters of a novel.
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Expectations.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Imagination.

8. What is the name of the book that William George Clark wrote about his time in Spain?
(a) Gauchos.
(b) Gazpacho.
(c) Groucho.
(d) Galapogas.

9. In which novel does Forster say that the author bounces the reader around characters?
(a) Mansfield Park.
(b) Emma.
(c) Bleak House.
(d) War and Peace.

10. What is the name of the book written by critic Percy Lubbock?
(a) The Art and Craft of Novel Writing.
(b) Novel Writing.
(c) The Craft of Fiction.
(d) Critiques on Fiction.

11. Forster says novelists find death to be ____________.
(a) Confusing.
(b) Coincindental.
(c) Controversial.
(d) Congenial.

12. How does Forster say he would answer the question, "What does a novel do?"
(a) Disgustedly.
(b) Sadly.
(c) Jubiently.
(d) Angrily.

13. Forster believes the truest way to look at a novel is by examining the author's what?
(a) Meaning.
(b) Structure.
(c) Past.
(d) Notes.

14. What does Forster call characters like Miss Grizzle in The Antiquary?
(a) Clever ploys.
(b) Ragged ends.
(c) Annoying bits.
(d) Pointless blobs.

15. According to Forster, what is the final test of a novel?
(a) Time it is published.
(b) Critical acclaim.
(c) Financial gains of the author.
(d) Our affection for it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author does the critic Percy Lubbock feel does not do a good job with point of view?

2. Storytelling is the ____________ aspect of the novel.

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

4. Forster discusses the death of the character Mrs.Proudie in a novel by whom?

5. Forster says that Virginia Woolf is a what?

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