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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What class is Edith teaching?
(a) Theories of writing.
(b) Creative writing.
(c) Rhetoric.
(d) Critical writing.

2. To what city do Erich and Maurice travel in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) Nice.
(b) Marseille.
(c) Lyon.
(d) Paris.

3. What book does Erich find in Maurice's bag in Part I, Chapter 6?
(a) The latest novel by Dash Hardy.
(b) The latest novel by the Spanish novelist.
(c) Maurice's finished novel.
(d) The latest novel by Erich Ackermann.

4. What did Erich give Oskar as a birthday present, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 6?
(a) His favorite book.
(b) A set of paintbrushes.
(c) His favorite fountain pen.
(d) A poem he had written.

5. Whom does Erich see with a bottle of champagne in Part II, Chapter 4?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Alysse.
(c) Dash.
(d) Oskar.

6. According to Maurice in Part I, Chapter 8, what was Erich as a youth?
(a) A fool in love.
(b) A lovesick dupe.
(c) A cold-blooded murderer.
(d) A Nazi sympathizer.

7. On the night the novel opens, where was a public reading of Erich's novel held?
(a) The Literaturhaus.
(b) The Reichstag.
(c) Brandenburg Gate.
(d) East Side Gallery.

8. How does Dash behave upon introducing Maurice to Gore?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Sad.
(c) Possessive.
(d) Jubilant.

9. To what city do Erich and Maurice travel in Part II, Chapter 4?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Seville.
(d) Cordoba.

10. What is the title of Maurice's novel, as Erich discovers in Part I, Chapter 8?
(a) A Fool in Love.
(b) The Triangle.
(c) Two Germans.
(d) Erich and Oskar.

11. What is the name of Edith's first novel?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Dread.
(c) Fear.
(d) Bravado.

12. How does Gore feel about Maurice when the two meet?
(a) Gore is confused by Maurice.
(b) Gore is besotted with Maurice.
(c) Gore disapproves of Maurice.
(d) Gore is suspicious of Maurice.

13. What plan did Oskar tell Erich, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 6?
(a) Oskar was planning to flee Germany with Alysse.
(b) Oskar was planning to ask Alysse to marry him.
(c) Oskar was planning to enter art school.
(d) Oskar was planning to enter the army.

14. Whose grave does Maurice visit in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) Honore de Balzac.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Marcel Proust.
(d) Jim Morrison.

15. According to Edith in Part II, Chapter 2, what happened to Dash after he last saw Maurice?
(a) He hanged himself.
(b) He fell down the stairs.
(c) He drowned.
(d) He was diagnosed with cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Spanish novelist help Maurice, according to Maurice in Part I, Chapter 7?

2. What was the name of Maurice's second published novel?

3. How does Gore Vidal describe Dash's latest novel?

4. Following the publication of Maurice's novel in Part I, Chapter 8, where does Erich go to live?

5. What did Oskar do with his drawing, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 5?

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