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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maurice finally decide to do after Clive tells him to in Chapter 20?
(a) Send the nurse away.
(b) Bring in a nurse.
(c) Go to Greece with him.
(d) End their relationship.

2. What is the novel dedicated to?
(a) "A better year".
(b) "A better life".
(c) "A life without rules".
(d) "A freer society".

3. What happens during dinner at the Halls' house in Chapter 20?
(a) Kitty screams.
(b) Clive faints.
(c) Maurice chokes.
(d) Mrs. Hall has a heart attack.

4. Who is Gladys Olcott?
(a) Maurice's cousin.
(b) The Dean's daughter.
(c) Their neighbor.
(d) A friend of Ada's.

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

6. At the end of Chapter 6, what does Maurice wake up with?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Durham's song stuck in his head.
(c) A black eye.
(d) A cold.

7. What does Clive become ill with after his bar exams?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Measles.

8. When Maurice goes home for Easter vacation, what does he tell his mother?
(a) He is not going to go back to college.
(b) He is in love with Durham.
(c) He is not going to work in his father's firm.
(d) He no longer goes to church.

9. 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.

10. What does Clive write to Maurice in Chapter 22?
(a) He has become normal?
(b) He never wants to see him again.
(c) He is staying in Greece forever.
(d) He is in love with Ada.

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

12. Where does Mr. Ducie take Maurice to talk to him?
(a) To his office.
(b) To the beach.
(c) To the woods.
(d) To the infirmary.

13. In the beginning of Chapter 6, where does Maurice go to find Risley?
(a) The quad.
(b) The emporium.
(c) Study Hall.
(d) The Union.

14. What advice does Dr. Barry give Maurice?
(a) He should become a writer.
(b) He should go back to college.
(c) He should find a woman.
(d) He should travel the world.

15. In Chapter 7, what do Durham and Maurice debate about?
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Literature.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrived on the same train as Maurice to visit the Durhams?

2. What do Clive and Maurice plan to do instead of going to class one day?

3. What does Clive do with Maurice's letter in Chapter 23?

4. Who prompts a change in Clive in Chapter 24?

5. Who is the first person that Clive meets who is homosexual?

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