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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Who tries to abolish time in a novel according to Forster?
(a) Sir Walter Scott.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Leo Tolstoy.
(d) Marcel Proust.

4. Where is Moll sent after she is caught stealing?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Florida.
(d) Australia.

5. To be a true critic of literature, one must do what?
(a) Read.
(b) Write.
(c) Study.
(d) Listen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. William George Clark is best known for being what?
(a) Minister.
(b) Shakespearean Scholar.
(c) Novelist.
(d) Humorist.

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

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

15. Forster says he is not analyzing The Antiquary, but rather _____________ it.
(a) Paraphrasing.
(b) Enlightening.
(c) Transcribing.
(d) Translating.

Short Answer Questions

1. The secret lives of people in novels are __________.

2. What is the occupation of the husband Moll loves deeply in the novel?

3. Fictional characters come into the world more like what than human beings?

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

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

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