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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, what is the name given to the room where the rejected stories are stored?

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

3. What letter did Edith receive in Part II, Chapter 6?

4. What is Theo's last name?

5. What condition does Theo have that shocks Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What demand does Rebecca make of Edith in Part II, Chapter 6? Why? How does Edith respond?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Maurice and Theo. How are they similar, and how are they different?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Choose three characters (other than Maurice) and explain the role of writing as it pertains to their characters and the plot.

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