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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Maurice meet Durham in Chapter 6?
(a) In Risley's room.
(b) In the library.
(c) In the cafeteria.
(d) In the gardens.

2. Whom does Clive's mother have in mind as a wife for Clive?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Ada.
(c) A Greek girl.
(d) A cousin.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maurice insist on doing for Clive when he falls ill?

2. What does Clive like about Maurice?

3. Where do Maurice and Clive travel together after Cambridge?

4. How old is Maurice when he goes to visit Clive and his family?

5. What does Maurice write back to Clive in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Durham and Maurice debate about? What is the result of this debate?

2. Over Easter Vacation, whom does Maurice date? Why does their relationship end?

3. In the beginning of the novel, what is Maurice's class doing? Why does Mr. Ducie want to speak with Maurice?

4. As Mr. Ducie and Maurice walk away from the beach, what does Mr. Ducie say? What does Maurice think of Mr. Ducie for an instant?

5. What is revealed about Clive in Chapter 12? How does this affect his feelings for Maurice?

6. What does Clive's mother question Maurice about? How does this affect Maurice?

7. When Clive goes to Greece, what does he write to Maurice? What is Maurice's reaction to this letter?

8. What does Durham tell Maurice about his Christmas vacation? What shocks Maurice about Durham at first?

9. What is different about the format of Chapter 12? What does this show?

10. When does Clive fall out of love with Maurice? How does he react to Maurice after this?

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