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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. When Maurice goes home for Easter vacation, what does he tell his mother?

2. What is the name of the preparatory schoolmaster?

3. In Chapter 9, when Durham firsts visits Maurice, what happens?

4. How long does Clive's relapse last?

5. How long do Maurice and Durham go without speaking in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How old is Maurice when Mr. Ducie talks to him on the beach? What is Maurice's reaction to Mr. Ducie's talk?

2. What is Maurice's reaction to Clive breaking up with him? What is the consequence of their argument?

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

4. Where do Clive and Maurice go after Cambridge? What night of the week does Maurice spend at Clive's apartment?

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

6. What does the Dean ask Maurice to do? Why does he refuse? What is the consequence of this action?

7. When Clive comes back from Greece, where does he go first? Who is the first person he sees there?

8. Why does Clive make sure Maurice has a tiny room? What do they spend their nights doing?

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

10. What happens when Maurice and Clive decide to spend the day together? What is the consequence of this action?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maurice's grandfather is a strong influence on Maurice. Discuss what Maurice learns from his grandfather, and how Maurice applies these newly learned things.

Essay Topic 2

During one vacation, Maurice takes up a relationship with a girl named Gladys Olcott. Write an essay on Maurice's motivation for this relationship and the reasons for its sudden demise.

Essay Topic 3

Near the end of the novel, Mr. Borenius makes a rather long speech to Maurice about sexuality. What is the significance of this speech to both Maurice and the novel as a whole?

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