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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. According to Edith in Part II, Chapter 2, what happened to Dash after he last saw Maurice?

2. According to Maurice in Part I, Chapter 8, what was Erich as a youth?

3. What class is Edith teaching?

4. According to Maurice, which of Gore's novels had he planned to read on the flight to Italy?

5. What castle do Erich and Maurice visit in Part I, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Erich meet Maurice, and what are his initial impressions of the young man?

3. What does Erich witness at the beginning of Part I, Chapter 5?

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

5. What does Maurice aspire to be? What obstacle does he face regarding his dream, and what advice does Erich offer him in Part I, Chapter 2?

6. Who is Erich Ackermann and what has happened to him at the opening of the novel?

7. Who is Robert and what does he want from Edith in Part II, Chapter 2?

8. What act of "literary larceny" does Maurice commit in Part I, Chapter 5? How does Erich react?

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

10. What sketch did Oskar show Erich, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 5? What did Erich say about it? What did Erich think about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the abacus as a symbol in the novel. Where does Maurice encounter one, and of what does it remind him? What might the abacus represent to Maurice?

Essay Topic 2

Appearances in the novel can be deceiving. How do appearances differ from reality in this novel? Discuss three characters and how this idea applies to each.

Essay Topic 3

At one point in the novel, Maurice thinks that “[t]he past had begun to grow a little muddled with age” (285). Choose a minimum of two characters and explain how the novel illustrates the fluid nature of time.

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