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

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

3. In what year does the second interlude take place?

4. What is the name of Edith's agent, according to Edith in Part II, Chapter 8?

5. What is the name of the head of Edith's department?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The second interlude is titled “The Threatened Animal.” Discuss how this title applies to the characters present in the second interlude and how the title reflects the novel’s plot and conflicts.

Essay Topic 2

According to Dash, “[t]here can be no discussion of morality when it comes to art” (110). Does the novel support or refute this claim? Use evidence from the novel to support your argument.

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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