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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. What is the name of the story Maurice sends Erich in Part I, Chapter 2?
(a) "The Replica."
(b) "The Reflection."
(c) "The Mirror."
(d) "The Looking Glass."

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

3. In addition to being a writer, what other goal does Maurice have?
(a) To own a literary magazine.
(b) To be rich.
(c) To enter politics.
(d) To be a father.

4. To what city do Erich and Maurice travel in Part I, Chapter 6?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Erich about Maurice in Part I, Chapter 5?

2. Why does Erich finish the tale of Oskar in Part I, Chapter 7?

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

4. Which of Edith's students refuses to accept constructive criticism?

5. Erich finds Maurice increasingly what in Part I, Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What signs show the changing nature of Erich and Maurice's relationship in Part I, Chapter 6?

3. How does Erich meet Maurice, and what are his initial impressions of the young man?

4. What happened when Erich and Oskar took a biking trip together?

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

6. How did the friendship between Oskar and Erich end, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 7?

7. What moves Erich to jealousy while he and Maurice are in Madrid?

8. How does Dash feel about Maurice, according to his conversation with Gore Vidal?

9. What is the status of Maurice's literary career, according to Edith in Part II, Chapter 1?

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

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