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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 Maurice in Part III, Chapter 1, Theo's letter is a way back to what?

2. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 2, what has grown muddled with age?

3. Who visits Edith in Part II, Chapter 8 and reads from her favorite novel?

4. According to Theo in Part III, Chapter 2, very few people are interested in what?

5. What condition does Theo have that shocks Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the present and past become muddled for Maurice in the first three chapters of Part III.

2. Who is Theo Field and why does he write to Maurice? What does he tell Maurice?

3. What information about Maurice is contained in Dash Hardy's biography? How does he feel about this description?

4. What happens to Edith at the end of Part II?

5. According to Maurice in the second interlude, how did he write The Breach and The Broken Ones?

6. According to Maurice in the second interlude, what happened with Henry Rowe when he was a teenager?

7. What demand does Rebecca make of Edith in Part II, Chapter 6? Why? How does Edith respond?

8. What surprising news does Maurice have in Part II, Chapter 6?

9. What happens to Maurice at the start of Part III, Chapter 3?

10. Describe Maurice's professional life during the second interlude.

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

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 3

Discuss the characters of Oskar and Alysse and analyze the effects each has on both Erich and the plot as a whole.

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