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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 Theo in Part III, Chapter 2, very few people are interested in what?
(a) Aptitude.
(b) Craft.
(c) Art.
(d) Deceit.

2. What letter did Edith receive in Part II, Chapter 6?
(a) A letter from Rebecca's lawyer.
(b) A letter from her editor.
(c) A letter from the head of her department.
(d) A letter from Maurice's agent.

3. Maja is caught plagiarizing from what publication?
(a) The Paris Review
(b) The Atlantic.
(c) Granta.
(d) The New Yorker.

4. From what novel does Maurice read when speaking to Edith's class in Part II, Chapter 3?
(a) The Tribesman.
(b) Fear.
(c) Two Germans.
(d) The Treehouse.

5. What does Maurice do to Edith at the end of Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Maurice humiliates her at a literary festival.
(b) Maurice pushes her down the stairs.
(c) Maurice drugs her.
(d) Maurice pushes her in front of a bus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the literary magazine started by Maurice?

3. Where does Edith's sister plan to move?

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

5. What is the name of Maurice's son?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Maurice at the start of Part III, Chapter 3?

3. Describe Theo. According to Maurice, whom does Theo look like?

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

5. Who is Nicholas Bray and what does he think of Maurice and Edith's work in Part II, Chapter 3?

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

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

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

9. What confrontation happens on Christmas? What makes Edith suspicious?

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

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