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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. How does Maurice describe Daniel in Part III, Chapter 2?

2. Who requests Maurice speak to Edith's class in Part II, Chapter 3?

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

4. What happens to Edith at the end of Part II, Chapter 8?

5. According to Maurice in the second interlude, from where did Henry Rowe come?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Nicholas Bray and what does he think of Maurice and Edith's work in Part II, Chapter 3?

4. What is bad about violence and theft, according to Maurice in the second interlude?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Erich and Dash. How are they (and their fates) the same? How are they (and their fates) different? Why does each fall victim to Maurice?

Essay Topic 2

To what extent is Maurice a sympathetic character? Discuss the “likeability” of Maurice’s character, using examples from the text to support your argument

Essay Topic 3

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?

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