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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. In what city does Maurice live in the third and final part of the novel?
(a) London.
(b) Boston.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Rome.

2. On which student does Edith develop a crush?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Nolan.
(c) Nicholas.
(d) Noah.

3. What is Arjan's profession?
(a) He is a director.
(b) He is an actor.
(c) He is a costume designer.
(d) He is a poet.

4. Who is the mother of Maurice's son?
(a) Maja.
(b) Alysse.
(c) Edith.
(d) An Italian chambermaid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl who kissed Maurice's son?

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

3. According to Maurice in the second interlude, what does Maurice look forward to regarding his son?

4. According to Maurice in the second interlude, what is the name given to the room where the rejected stories are stored?

5. Why does Maurice warn his son against violence in the second interlude?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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