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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 18, how long have Maurice and Clive been together?
(a) Four years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) Three weeks.

3. Where does Clive go after he recovers from his illness?
(a) Greece.
(b) Home.
(c) The Halls'.
(d) Italy.

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

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

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

7. Who is Dr. Barry?
(a) A suitor of Maurice's mother.
(b) The family doctor.
(c) A family friend.
(d) Maurice's father.

8. In Chapter 10, what happens one night when Maurice goes to bed?
(a) He begins to cry uncontrollably.
(b) He wakes up screaming.
(c) He cannot sleep for days and days.
(d) He has nightmares.

9. Why does Mr. Ducie want to talk to Maurice in the first chapter?
(a) He wants to tell him about high school.
(b) He wants to make sure he is ready to graduate.
(c) He wants to give him the "good talk".
(d) He wants to tell him about his father.

10. At the end of Chapter 1, what does Maurice think about Mr. Ducie?
(a) He is cruel.
(b) He is a wonderful man.
(c) He is a liar.
(d) He wishes Mr. Ducie was his father.

11. Finish this line from Chapter 12: "But _____ meant so much to him he forgot that they were a bewilderment to others."
(a) Words.
(b) Apologies.
(c) Manners.
(d) Books.

12. Where does Clive say he wants to travel to?
(a) Italy.
(b) Egypt.
(c) America.
(d) Greece.

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

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

15. What is the outcome of Maurice and Durham's debates?
(a) Maurice switches political parties.
(b) Maurice stops reading.
(c) Maurice comes out to his family.
(d) Maurice stops going to church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person Clive sees when he returns to the Hall home?

2. In Chapter 2, what is Maurice's second dream about?

3. After the banquet in Chapter 21, where do Maurice and Clive go?

4. Whom does Maurice meet during a lunch with the Dean?

5. What does Maurice refuse to do which warrants him a further punishment?

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