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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 the second interlude, from where did Henry Rowe come?

2. What is the name of the literary magazine started by Maurice?

3. Why does Maurice warn his son against violence in the second interlude?

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

5. According to Theo in Part III, Chapter 2, what did his great uncle once do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Maurice and Edith meet Leona Alwin in Part II, Chapter 3?

2. What has happened to Maurice in the time since the end of the second interlude?

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

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

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

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

7. According to Maurice in the second interlude, who was Henry Rowe and what were the rumors about him?

8. Who is Daniel's mother? How does Maurice feel about fatherhood?

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

10. How does Maurice respond to Theo's letter in Part III, Chapter 1? Why?

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 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

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?

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