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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Forster say saved his life by telling good stories?

2. Forster believes daily life is made up of time and ___________.

3. What is the name of the book that William George Clark wrote about his time in Spain?

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

5. Forster surmises that the character Moll was born out the author's experience in _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Forster demonstrate with the first sentence of The Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott?

2. What image does Forster ask his audience to think of so as not to consider literature in the "stream of time"?

3. What two things does Forster say daily life is comprised of?

4. What commonality does Forster see between the writings of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?

5. What is the difference between an Austen character and a Dickens character?

6. How does Forster describe the point of view in the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens?

7. Why, in Forster's opinion, is Sir Walter Scott a popular novelist?

8. What does Forster look at in terms of characters in the second section on People?

9. What does Forster believe is part of the genius of Dickens' characters?

10. What does Forster say is the difference between a novel and a memoir?

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