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

2. What is the name of Edith's sister's new boyfriend?

3. What is the title of Maurice's novel, as Erich discovers in Part I, Chapter 8?

4. What is the last name of the student who introduces himself to Edith in Part II, Chapter 1?

5. When Dash and Gore take a walk alone together, how does Dash describe Maurice?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Erich meet Oskar Gött?

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

3. How does Dash feel about Maurice, according to his conversation with Gore Vidal?

4. According to Erich, who were Mischlings? How was Erich personally defined by the term, as explained in Part I, Chapter 2?

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

6. 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?

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

8. Who is Garrett Colby and how does Maurice interact with him in Part II, Chapter 1?

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

10. How does Maurice fail regarding Gore Vidal? How do the two part ways?

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 Gore Vidal in the first interlude, what happened during Erich’s youth was “all just a circumstance of birth” (111). To what extent is Erich to blame for his actions as a youth? To what extent did he pay for his crimes? Was his fate just?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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