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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 Edith discover about Maurice in Part II, Chapter 7?

2. What does Rebecca admit to Edith in Part II, Chapter 7?

3. According to Maurice in the second interlude, he likely has a heart of what?

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

5. How old is Maurice's son during the second interlude?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is suspicious about Maurice's new novel in Part II, Chapter 5?

2. What happens to Edith at the end of Part II, Chapter 7?

3. Discuss Maurice's thoughts regarding Erich, as recounted to Theo in Part III, Chapter 3.

4. Who is Henrietta James and why is she angry at Maurice in the second interlude?

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

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

7. Discuss several pieces of news Edith learns in Part II, Chapter 7.

8. Describe Theo. According to Maurice, whom does Theo look like?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose three characters (other than Maurice) and explain the role of writing as it pertains to their characters and the plot.

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

Discuss the many people integral to Maurice’s life: Edith, Daniel, Erich, and Dash. Does he truly love any of them? If so, whom? What is the nature of this love? What point do you think the author is trying to make about love?

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