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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. What phrase from Alec's letter does Maurice question?
(a) I have the key.
(b) I love you.
(c) Meet me at the boathouse.
(d) We are safe together.

2. What does Lasker recommend to Maurice in Chapter 41?
(a) He move to another country.
(b) He distance himself from Alec.
(c) He profess his love to Scudder.
(d) He marry a woman.

3. How does Scudder get into Maurice's room?
(a) Through the door.
(b) Scaling the wall.
(c) A ladder.
(d) A secret passage.

4. What does Anne offer to give Maurice when he feels ill?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Hot water.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Ice.

5. What is Mr. Borenius' profession?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Banker.
(c) Clergyman.
(d) Politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 42, whom does Alec say he has spoken to in his letter?

2. What does Lasker prescribe Maurice in Chapter 42?

3. What does Maurice tell Clive in Chapter 35?

4. What does Maurice's grandfather invent?

5. What does Maurice want to tell his grandfather but cannot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Maurice suspicious of Alec? What does Lasker say about the letter Alec writes?

2. After Clive breaks up with Maurice, what does Maurice think will happen? What is Maurice's life dependent on?

3. On his way back to his room, whom does Maurice talk to in Chapter 37? When does he see this person next?

4. What does Maurice announce to Clive when he is visiting Penge in Chapter 35? What is Clive's reaction to this? How does this make Maurice feel?

5. What does Alec's letter to Maurice say in Chapter 42? How does Maurice respond to this letter?

6. When Maurice talks to the first doctor about his homosexuality, what does the doctor say? How does Maurice feel after seeing him?

7. What engagement does Maurice break off in order to spend the night with Alec? What does he try to convince Alec to do the next day?

8. How does Maurice get tickets to the opera in Chapter 32? What composer's music was being played?

9. When Clive writes to Maurice after they break up, what does each letter say? What is uncharacteristic about Maurice and Clive's letters to one another during this time?

10. What new thing did Maurice's grandfather invent? What is at the stem of this belief?

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