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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Gore Vidal's villa?

2. What does Erich watch at the end of Part I?

3. What did Oskar do with his drawing, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 5?

4. What does Erich see as Maurice autographs his novel in Part I, Chapter 8?

5. To what city do Erich and Maurice go in Part I, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What moves Erich to jealousy while he and Maurice are in Madrid?

2. What signs show the changing nature of Erich and Maurice's relationship in Part I, Chapter 6?

3. What happened on Oskar's birthday, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 6?

4. What offer does Erich make Maurice in Part I, Chapter 2? How does Maurice respond?

5. What is the status of Maurice's literary career, according to Edith in Part II, Chapter 1?

6. How did the friendship between Oskar and Erich end, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 7?

7. What happened when Erich and Oskar took a biking trip together?

8. What is Gore Vidal's opinion of Dash Hardy, both professionally and personally?

9. What is the subject of Two Germans? What happens to Erich after its publication?

10. According to Edith in Part II, Chapter 2, what happened to Erich and Dash?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Morality (or the lack thereof) plays a big role in the lives of the main characters. Discuss three characters who act according to their own internal sense of morality. Are their actions moral in the eyes of the majority? What are the consequences of their moral (or not-so-moral) behavior?

Essay Topic 2

According to Dash, “[t]here can be no discussion of morality when it comes to art” (110). Does the novel support or refute this claim? Use evidence from the novel to support your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the many people integral to Maurice’s life: Edith, Daniel, Erich, and Dash. Does he truly love any of them? If so, whom? What is the nature of this love? What point do you think the author is trying to make about love?

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