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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 Edith in Part II, Chapter 7, what does she have to corroborate her story?
(a) Months of receipts.
(b) Months of social media posts.
(c) Months of photographs.
(d) Months of notebooks.

2. Where do Maurice and his son go after visiting the bookstore in the second interlude?
(a) To the fair.
(b) To the movies.
(c) To the park.
(d) To the office.

3. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3, he has no guilt for what happened to whom?
(a) Erich.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Dash.
(d) Edith.

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

5. According to Maurice in the second interlude, what is the name given to the room where the rejected stories are stored?
(a) The Dumpster.
(b) The Rubbish Bin.
(c) The Refuse Room.
(d) The Trash Can.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Maurice's son during the second interlude?

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

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

4. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3, how old was Daniel when he died?

5. Which author is angry with Maurice in the second interlude?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Theo Field and why does he write to Maurice? What does he tell Maurice?

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

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

4. According to Maurice in the second interlude, who was Henry Rowe and what were the rumors about him?

5. What demand does Rebecca make of Edith in Part II, Chapter 6? Why? How does Edith respond?

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

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

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

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

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

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