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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. Whom does Maurice meet during a lunch with the Dean?

2. Who arrived on the same train as Maurice to visit the Durhams?

3. Who is the first person Clive sees when he returns to the Hall home?

4. Where does Clive say he wants to travel to?

5. Why does Clive choose such a small room for Maurice when he visits?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Clive hears about Maurice's relationship at the end of the novel, he is shocked. What is Clive's reaction to the news, and what are the reasons behind his reaction?

Essay Topic 2

When Maurice and Durham become friends, they test boundaries with one another, both mentally and physically. Discuss the physical relationship between Durham and Maurice, examining what each act means in the evolution of their relationship.

Essay Topic 3

Think about Maurice's upbringing in the preparatory school up until college. Write an essay about the timetable of Maurice's awareness of his own sexuality, discussing how his school affects his feelings about this.

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