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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about Chapter 12?
(a) There is an omniscient narrator.
(b) Maurice narrates it.
(c) It is told from Clive's perspective.
(d) It is written without punctuation.

2. What do Clive and Maurice do when the motorbike breaks down?
(a) Call for help.
(b) Eat lunch.
(c) Go swimming.
(d) Walk back to campus.

3. In Chapter 1, what are Maurice and his class doing?
(a) Going to the auditorium.
(b) They are at recess.
(c) Reading in a classroom.
(d) Taking a walk.

4. What happens on the night before Clive goes on his trip in Chapter 21?
(a) He and Maurice have a fight.
(b) He yells at his mother.
(c) He decides that he isn't going.
(d) He and Maurice cannot sleep.

5. What does Mr. Ducie talk with Maurice about?
(a) His father.
(b) Sex.
(c) College.
(d) His mother.

6. Who is the first person that Clive meets who is homosexual?
(a) Risley.
(b) The Dean.
(c) His cousin.
(d) Maurice.

7. What does Maurice do to Clive in Chapter 20 without thinking?
(a) Kisses him.
(b) Says he hates living at home.
(c) Says he is homosexual.
(d) Yells at him.

8. Whom does Clive ask to go for a walk with in Chapter 25?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Mrs. Hall.
(c) Ada.
(d) Maurice.

9. What does Maurice's mother do to try to reach Maurice?
(a) Takes him out of school.
(b) Forbids him to write to Clive.
(c) Has his little sister talk to him.
(d) Has Dr. Barry talk to him.

10. What is Maurice's reaction to Mr. Ducie's talk?
(a) Uninterested.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Questioning.
(d) Enthusiastic.

11. What moment ends the relationship between Maurice and Gladys?
(a) When Maurice starts talking about Durham.
(b) When Maurice tries to kiss her.
(c) When Maurice holds her hand.
(d) When Maurice won't stop paying her compliments.

12. How does Clive behave towards Maurice after he recovers from his relapse?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) More loving than ever.
(c) With hatred.
(d) Cold.

13. What is Durham looking for?
(a) A borrowed sweater.
(b) Records.
(c) Books.
(d) Photographs.

14. What does Maurice write back to Clive in Chapter 23?
(a) "We shall see upon your arrival."
(b) "You may never date Ada."
(c) "I don't want to see you either."
(d) "I am coming to meet you in Greece."

15. What is the first sentence of Chapter 11?
(a) "After this crisis Maurice became a man".
(b) "Removed from this crisis, Maurice became cynical".
(c) "After this crisis Maurice never recovered".
(d) "From this crisis Maurice became stronger".

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maurice finally decide to do after Clive tells him to in Chapter 20?

2. Who is Dr. Barry?

3. After Maurice tells Durham he read the Symposium, what does Durham do?

4. At the end of Chapter 6, what does Maurice hope?

5. What is the outcome of Maurice and Durham's debates?

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