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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which student does Edith develop a crush?
(a) Nolan.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Noah.
(d) Nicholas.

2. Maja is caught plagiarizing from what publication?
(a) The Paris Review
(b) Granta.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Atlantic.

3. What condition does Maurice's son suffer from?
(a) Croup.
(b) COPD.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Pneumonia.

4. Whom does Maurice find sitting across from him at the end of Part III, Chapter 3?
(a) Edith.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Dash.
(d) Erich.

5. Why does Maurice's son get in trouble at school?
(a) He bullied another student.
(b) He plagiarized an essay.
(c) He cut class.
(d) He slapped a girl.

6. Who is the mother of Maurice's son?
(a) Edith.
(b) An Italian chambermaid.
(c) Alysse.
(d) Maja.

7. Which author forgets having met Maurice in Part II, Chapter 3?
(a) Linda Alwin.
(b) Leona Alwin.
(c) Laura Alwin.
(d) Lucy Alwin.

8. In what year does the second interlude take place?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2008.

9. According to Theo in Part III, Chapter 1, what is an underrated classic?
(a) The Broken Ones.
(b) Two Germans.
(c) The Treehouse.
(d) The Tribesman.

10. In whose biography does Maurice find himself?
(a) Dash Hardy.
(b) Gore Vidal.
(c) Edith Camberley.
(d) Erich Ackermann.

11. What happens to Edith at the end of Part II, Chapter 8?
(a) She wakes up.
(b) Her life support is removed.
(c) She is taken into surgery.
(d) She divorces Maurice.

12. Where is Edith in Part II, Chapter 8?
(a) In a coma.
(b) In surgery.
(c) In a rehab facility.
(d) In hospice.

13. As Maurice speaks to the principal in the second interlude, what object catches his attention?
(a) A silver frame.
(b) An abacus.
(c) A ruler.
(d) An antique clock.

14. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 2, what has grown muddled with age?
(a) His muscles.
(b) His eyesight.
(c) His hearing.
(d) The past.

15. According to Maurice in the second interlude, what was the rumor about Henry Rowe's father?
(a) He was a murderer.
(b) He was an important government figure.
(c) He was a famous writer.
(d) He was killed for betraying the IRA.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part II, Chapter 5, Edith is shocked when Maurice reports his novel will be finished in what amount of time?

2. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3, whose death is on his conscience?

3. What happens to Maurice's appearance as a result of the accident in Part III, Chapter 3?

4. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3, what did he do after Dash fell in love with him?

5. In what city does Maurice live in the third and final part of the novel?

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