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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the head of Edith's department?
(a) George Canter.
(b) Greg Carter.
(c) Geoff Capwell.
(d) Giles Calper.

3. What is the name of the editor who had rejected Maurice's previous novels, according to Edith in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Rowan Shawcross.
(b) Rupert Shawcross.
(c) Rufus Shawcross.
(d) Ronald Shawcross.

4. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3, what did he do after Dash fell in love with him?
(a) He denied him everything.
(b) He returned his love.
(c) He stopped speaking to him.
(d) He mocked him.

5. According to Maurice in the second interlude, what is the name given to the room where the rejected stories are stored?
(a) The Dumpster.
(b) The Trash Can.
(c) The Refuse Room.
(d) The Rubbish Bin.

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

7. What is the name of Edith's agent, according to Edith in Part II, Chapter 8?
(a) Allie.
(b) Anna.
(c) Adele.
(d) Amber.

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

9. What does Rebecca admit to Edith in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) She got Robert fired from his job.
(b) She emptied Robert's savings account.
(c) She planted child pornography on Robert's computer.
(d) She has turned the children against Robert.

10. What is the title of Maurice's unfinished novel, abandoned when Daniel died?
(a) Different Voices.
(b) Alternative Tales.
(c) The Whispers of Another.
(d) Other People's Stories.

11. According to Maurice in the second interlude, he likely has a heart of what?
(a) Darkness.
(b) Stone.
(c) Gold.
(d) Pain.

12. In what city does Maurice live in the third and final part of the novel?
(a) Boston.
(b) Berlin.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

13. According to Maurice in the second interlude, from where did Henry Rowe come?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Belfast.
(c) Killarney.
(d) Galway.

14. How is Maurice described in the biography Maurice reads in the second interlude?
(a) As a talentless hack.
(b) As a cheap suit.
(c) As an emotionless talent.
(d) As a beautiful monster.

15. What accident happens to Maurice at the beginning of Part III, Chapter 3?
(a) He falls coming out of a bar.
(b) He gets arrested for public drunkenness.
(c) He falls down a flight of stairs.
(d) He drunkenly stumbles into traffic.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Theo in Part III, Chapter 2, what did his great uncle once do?

2. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 2, what has grown muddled with age?

3. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3, how old was Daniel when he died?

4. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3, how did Daniel die?

5. In what year does the second interlude take place?

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