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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 does Erich watch at the end of Part I?

2. What is the name of Maurice's first published short story, as he shows Erich in Part I, Chapter 5?

3. What is the last name of Erich, the novelist who narrates the first part of the novel?

4. How does Gore Vidal describe Dash's latest novel?

5. According to Edith in Part II, Chapter 2, what does Robert want from her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Briefly describe Erich's past as related in Part I, Chapter 1.

5. What happens to Erich during the panel event in Part I, Chapter 6? How did Maurice respond?

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

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

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

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

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

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

To what extent is Maurice a sympathetic character? Discuss the “likeability” of Maurice’s character, using examples from the text to support your argument

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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