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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. What night does Maurice spend at Clive's each week?

2. What is the name of the Durham family home?

3. What intimate thing does Maurice do to Durham?

4. Where does Clive go after he recovers from his illness?

5. Who is the first person that Clive meets who is homosexual?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When does Clive fall out of love with Maurice? How does he react to Maurice after this?

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

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

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

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

7. When Mr. Ducie talks to Maurice in Chapter 1, what does he talk about? What does he do to help illustrate his point?

8. What advice does Dr. Barry give Maurice? What does Dr. Barry get angry about?

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

10. What is the name of Clive's family home? How is Clive's family different from Maurice's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Maurice summons up the courage to see Dr. Barry about his problems, he leaves feeling let down but hopeful. Discuss Maurice's interaction with Dr. Barry about his sexuality, explaining the actions of both characters and the results of these actions.

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

Maurice is very skeptical about Scudder. Write about Maurice's reaction to Scudder and the reasons behind this skepticism, being sure to include at least 3 examples of Maurice's suspicion of Scudder.

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