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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The critic Norman Douglas writes an open letter to which author?
(a) D.H. Lawrence.
(b) Lawrence Sterne.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Leo Tolstoy.

3. Forster discusses the motto "_______ develops, Art stands still" in the introductory section.
(a) Writers.
(b) History.
(c) Novels.
(d) Artists.

4. Forster says that Virginia Woolf is a what?
(a) Failure.
(b) Fantasist.
(c) Fanatic.
(d) Futurist.

5. Forster discusses the death of the character Mrs.Proudie in a novel by whom?
(a) Dickens.
(b) Trollope.
(c) Austen.
(d) Tolstoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years separate the writing of Henry James and Samuel Richardson?

2. Which author does Forster say is a genius with characters who are caricatures?

3. Which character from the novel Evan Harrington is a good example of a memorable flat character?

4. In a work in which the author classifies novels by weather, how many different headings are there?

5. Which novel does Forster say has a sense of space?

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