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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 10, what happens one night when Maurice goes to bed?

3. What does Maurice do to Clive in Chapter 20 without thinking?

4. What does Clive like about Maurice?

5. What is Sunnington?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does Maurice go to High School? Why is he uncomfortable there?

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

4. When Durham and Maurice talk, how do they sit? What does Maurice do to Durham?

5. What does Durham consider a hypocrisy? What does he tell Maurice to read over vacation?

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

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

8. Where does Maurice go to college? What does he discover about it? How does he feel about this?

9. Where does Maurice first go looking for Risley? Why doesn't Maurice want to go to Risley's room?

10. Who does Clive want to be alone with when he visits the Halls in Chapter 25? Why does he want this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 12 breaks form with the rest of the novel. Explain this change in form discussing what it accomplishes in the novel. Why do you think Forster wrote it this way? Can you think of another way he could have revealed the same information?

Essay Topic 2

Clive undergoes a dramatic change in part II. Explore Clive's change, including the influences on his change and behaviors during and after his change. Make sure to provide at least 3 examples of Clive's change in sexuality.

Essay Topic 3

Much is learned about the character of Maurice in part II, as Clive distances himself from Maurice. Discuss the desperation Maurice shows while Clive undergoes his change in sexuality, providing at least 3 examples.

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