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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. Which author is angry with Maurice in the second interlude?

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

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

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

5. At the end of Part III, Chapter 3, Maurice says that, if he could go back in time, he would be a little more friendly toward whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What trouble does Daniel get into at school in the second interlude? How is the situation resolved?

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

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

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

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

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

Morality (or the lack thereof) plays a big role in the lives of the main characters. Discuss three characters who act according to their own internal sense of morality. Are their actions moral in the eyes of the majority? What are the consequences of their moral (or not-so-moral) behavior?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the quest for fame and glory as evidenced by three characters in the novel. How does the quest for fame and glory impact the nature of art?

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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