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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. From whom does Maurice learn about Clive's engagement?
(a) His sister.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

2. What does Maurice's grandfather invent?
(a) A new car.
(b) A new cosmogony.
(c) A new law.
(d) A new language.

3. What does Maurice try to convince Alec to do after they spend the night together in London?
(a) Tell Clive Maurice still loves him.
(b) Move to France.
(c) Not go to Argentina.
(d) Go to the hypnotist.

4. Who is Dickie?
(a) Maurice's cousin.
(b) Clive's servant boy.
(c) Kitty's boyfriend.
(d) Dr. Barry's nephew.

5. Whom does Maurice notice especially in Chapter 34?
(a) Scudder.
(b) Miss Olcott.
(c) Anne.
(d) Clive.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 42, whom does Alec say he has spoken to in his letter?

2. What is the name of Alec's brother?

3. What does Alec assume brought Maurice to find him at the end of the novel?

4. Whom does Maurice see on the day of Alec's departure?

5. When Maurice finds Alec, what is Alec doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What engagement does Maurice break off in order to spend the night with Alec? What does he try to convince Alec to do the next day?

2. What does Alec's letter to Maurice say in Chapter 42? How does Maurice respond to this letter?

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

4. What new thing did Maurice's grandfather invent? What is at the stem of this belief?

5. What information does Risley give Maurice about a famous composer? How does this information make Maurice feel?

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

7. Why is Maurice suspicious of Alec? What does Lasker say about the letter Alec writes?

8. When Maurice talks to the first doctor about his homosexuality, what does the doctor say? How does Maurice feel after seeing him?

9. How does Maurice find out about Clive's engagement? Whom does he meet that very same day?

10. 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?

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