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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. Who takes Maurice's photo with his son at the end of the second interlude?

2. What happens to Maurice's appearance as a result of the accident in Part III, Chapter 3?

3. What condition does Maurice's son suffer from?

4. What title does Edith choose for her second novel in Part II, Chapter 7?

5. Where do Maurice and his son go after visiting the bookstore in the second interlude?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 1, how does he spend his days?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What confrontation happens on Christmas? What makes Edith suspicious?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Maurice’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is he a good person? In what ways is he a bad person? In what ways is he artistic? In what ways does he lack artistry?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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