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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the young man in the first sentence of The Antiquary?
(a) Edie.
(b) Jonathon.
(c) Lovel.
(d) Laurence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject do the excerpts of H.G. Wells and Charles Dickens that Forster compares in the Introduction both describe?

2. In what year does E.M. Forster present his lecture series, Aspects of the Novel?

3. What novel does Forster refer to as his eternal summer?

4. What is the highest common factor to all novels?

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

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