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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. How many of Maurice's novels were rejected by publishers following the beginning of Part II?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.
2. Erich is delivering a lecture on what subject when a reporter interrupts his class?
(a) Thomas Hardy.
(b) Wilkie Collins.
(c) George Eliot.
(d) Anthony Trollope
3. What was the name of Maurice's second published novel?
(a) The Treehouse.
(b) The Abode.
(c) The Cabin.
(d) The Sanctuary.
4. According to Edith in Part II, Chapter 2, who surprised Maurice at a literary festival?
(a) Dash Hardy.
(b) Erich Ackermann.
(c) The Spanish writer.
(d) Gore Vidal.
5. What does Erich watch at the end of Part I?
(a) The Exxon Valdez oil spill.
(b) The World Series.
(c) The fall of the Berlin Wall.
(d) The rally in Tiananmen Square.
Short Answer Questions
1. What job does Erich offer Maurice in Part I, Chapter 2?
2. How did Oskar die, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 7?
3. According to Maurice, which of Gore's novels had he planned to read on the flight to Italy?
4. What is the last name of Edith, Maurice's wife?
5. What is the name of Maurice's first published short story, as he shows Erich in Part I, Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. Briefly describe Erich's past as related in Part I, Chapter 1.
2. What is Gore Vidal's opinion of Dash Hardy, both professionally and personally?
3. Who is Edith? What career is she undertaking in Part II, Chapter 1?
4. How does Maurice fail regarding Gore Vidal? How do the two part ways?
5. What signs show the changing nature of Erich and Maurice's relationship in Part I, Chapter 6?
6. What is the subject of Two Germans? What happens to Erich after its publication?
7. What does Maurice aspire to be? What obstacle does he face regarding his dream, and what advice does Erich offer him in Part I, Chapter 2?
8. What is Gore Vidal's first impressions of Maurice?
9. What happens to Erich during the panel event in Part I, Chapter 6? How did Maurice respond?
10. What does Erich witness at the beginning of Part I, Chapter 5?
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