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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. According to Maurice in the second interlude, why does he become involved with Henry Rowe?
(a) Because he was in love with him.
(b) Because he wanted to hear tales of his life.
(c) Because he was curious.
(d) Because he wanted revenge.

2. What condition does Maurice's son suffer from?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Croup.
(d) COPD.

3. Whom does Maurice find sitting across from him at the end of Part III, Chapter 3?
(a) Dash.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Edith.
(d) Erich.

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

5. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 1, Theo's letter is a way back to what?
(a) Ambition.
(b) The past.
(c) Fame.
(d) Glory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Arjan's profession?

2. In what city does Maurice live in the third and final part of the novel?

3. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 2, what does he experience after reading Theo's letter?

4. What letter did Edith receive in Part II, Chapter 6?

5. According to Theo in Part III, Chapter 2, very few people are interested in what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Henrietta James and why is she angry at Maurice in the second interlude?

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

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

4. Discuss several pieces of news Edith learns in Part II, Chapter 7.

5. What trouble does Daniel get into at school in the second interlude? How is the situation resolved?

6. According to Maurice in the second interlude, how did he write The Breach and The Broken Ones?

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

8. What happens to Edith at the end of Part II?

9. According to Maurice in the second interlude, what happened with Henry Rowe when he was a teenager?

10. What happens to Edith at the end of Part II, Chapter 7?

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