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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

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 writer.
(c) A zookeeper.
(d) A bus driver.

2. The purpose of food in fiction is mostly a ____________ one.
(a) Sustenance.
(b) Social.
(c) Substance.
(d) Subtley.

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

4. A novel that does not include an aspect of time is _____________.
(a) Valuable.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Valueless.
(d) Poignant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours of the day does Forster suppose should be devoted to love?

2. Forster compares the story as the _________ of the novel.

3. What does Forster use as an example of something all humans have that rarely gets mentioned in novels?

4. Forster says that Virginia Woolf is a what?

5. The story appeals to what is ___________ in people.

(see the answer key)

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