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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. Following the publication of Maurice's novel in Part I, Chapter 8, where does Erich go to live?
(a) Munich.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) West Berlin.
(d) Frankfurt.

2. What does Erich witness while drinking at an outdoor cafe in Part I, Chapter 5?
(a) A public performance.
(b) A street brawl.
(c) The end of a marriage.
(d) An employee getting fired.

3. When Part II begins, how long have Maurice and Edith been married?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 5 years.

4. How does Gore describe what happened during Erich Ackermann's youth?
(a) As the act of a troubled mind.
(b) As a circumstance of birth.
(c) As not that big of a deal.
(d) As in the past.

5. Erich is delivering a lecture on what subject when a reporter interrupts his class?
(a) Anthony Trollope
(b) Wilkie Collins.
(c) George Eliot.
(d) Thomas Hardy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erich's most recent novel won which prestigious award?

2. To what city do Erich and Maurice travel in Part II, Chapter 4?

3. What is the last name of the American writer disliked by Erich?

4. According to Edith in Part II, Chapter 2, who surprised Maurice at a literary festival?

5. What is the last name of the student who introduces himself to Edith in Part II, Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Garrett Colby and how does Maurice interact with him in Part II, Chapter 1?

2. How does Maurice fail regarding Gore Vidal? How do the two part ways?

3. What offer does Erich make Maurice in Part I, Chapter 2? How does Maurice respond?

4. What does Erich witness at the beginning of Part I, Chapter 5?

5. What act of "literary larceny" does Maurice commit in Part I, Chapter 5? How does Erich react?

6. How does Maurice dash Erich's hopes in Part I, Chapter 7?

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. Who is Erich Ackermann and what has happened to him at the opening of the novel?

9. What is Gore Vidal's first impressions of Maurice?

10. How did Erich meet Oskar Gött?

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