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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. Why does Maurice choose Dr.Barry to go to first about his condition?
(a) Because Dr. Barry already suspects him.
(b) Because he is a trusted family friend.
(c) Because Dr. Barry has experience in healing this condition.
(d) Because Dr. Barry used to be the same way.

2. What does Scudder's father do for a living?
(a) He is a cobbler.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He is a butcher.
(d) He is a businessman.

3. What is the principle belief that Maurice's grandfather holds?
(a) Man is a symbol of God.
(b) God is dead.
(c) God is in the sun.
(d) God is everywhere.

4. What engagement does Maurice abandon to stay with Alec in London?
(a) A dinner party.
(b) A company meeting.
(c) A birthday party.
(d) An opera.

5. Whom does Clive become engaged to?
(a) Kitty.
(b) Anne Woods.
(c) Ada.
(d) Miss Tonks.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Clive calls Maurice, how many of Clive's friends does his fiancée say she had talked to?

2. What does Lasker recommend to Maurice in Chapter 41?

3. What day are Maurice and Scudder supposed to meet?

4. What does Maurice learn about Tchaikovsky in Chapter 32?

5. What word does Maurice use to describe his relationship with Dickie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maurice get tickets to the opera in Chapter 32? What composer's music was being played?

2. When Maurice yells at Ada, what does he accuse her of? What does he tell Ada Clive said about her?

3. What does Maurice announce to Clive when he is visiting Penge in Chapter 35? What is Clive's reaction to this? How does this make Maurice feel?

4. When Scudder leaves in the morning, what does Maurice do? What causes Maurice anxiety?

5. When Maurice returns home from Penge, what does his mother want him to do? What does he receive during this time?

6. On his way back to his room, whom does Maurice talk to in Chapter 37? When does he see this person next?

7. When Alec does not get onto the boat, where does Maurice go to find him? What does Alec assume about Maurice when he sees him?

8. Whom does Maurice go to first to try to cure his homosexuality? Why does he go to this person?

9. When Clive writes to Maurice after they break up, what does each letter say? What is uncharacteristic about Maurice and Clive's letters to one another during this time?

10. What excuse does Maurice give for leaving Penge in Chapter 40? What do Anne and Clive think is the real reason?

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