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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 type of accent does Maurice have?

2. To what city do Erich and Maurice travel in Part I, Chapter 6?

3. According to Edith in Part II, Chapter 2, who surprised Maurice at a literary festival?

4. What did Erich tell Oskar about his drawing, according to Erich in Part I, Chapter 5?

5. What chore does Edith ask Maurice to accomplish in Part II, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Edith? What career is she undertaking in Part II, Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Maurice and Theo. How are they similar, and how are they different?

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

During their conversation in the first interlude, Gore warns Maurice that “[w]hen the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers” (125). How does the rest of the novel support or refute this claim?

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