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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 condition does Theo have that shocks Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Anemia.
(c) Acanthamoeba Infection.
(d) Arrhythmia.

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

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

4. Who visits Edith in Part II, Chapter 8 and reads from her favorite novel?
(a) Maja.
(b) Rufus.
(c) Nicholas.
(d) Garrett.

5. Whose successful novel is in the window of the bookstore during the second interlude?
(a) Garrett Colby.
(b) Gore Vidal.
(c) Rufus Shawcross.
(d) Douglas Sherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what novel does Maurice read when speaking to Edith's class in Part II, Chapter 3?

2. With whom has Maurice been having an affair, as he tells Edith in Part II, Chapter 7?

3. Who takes Maurice's photo with his son at the end of the second interlude?

4. In whose biography does Maurice find himself?

5. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 2, which of Maurice's novels is essentially his?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Daniel's mother? How does Maurice feel about fatherhood?

2. What is bad about violence and theft, according to Maurice in the second interlude?

3. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 1, how does he spend his days?

4. What has happened to Maurice in the time since the end of the second interlude?

5. What surprising news does Maurice have in Part II, Chapter 6?

6. Explain how the present and past become muddled for Maurice in the first three chapters of Part III.

7. Discuss Maurice's thoughts regarding Dash, as recounted to Theo in Part III, Chapter 3.

8. Describe Maurice's professional life during the second interlude.

9. What is suspicious about Maurice's new novel in Part II, Chapter 5?

10. What information about Maurice is contained in Dash Hardy's biography? How does he feel about this description?

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