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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 do Maurice and Durham talk about when they first meet?

2. What does Mr. Ducie forget to do after their talk?

3. When Clive and Maurice meet for lunch, what is their reaction?

4. What does Durham tell Maurice to read over vacation?

5. In Chapter 1, what are Maurice and his class doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Durham and Maurice debate about? What is the result of this debate?

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

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

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

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

7. As Mr. Ducie and Maurice walk away from the beach, what does Mr. Ducie say? What does Maurice think of Mr. Ducie for an instant?

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

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

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

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

After Clive breaks up with Maurice, Maurice undergoes much change. Explore the changes in Maurice, making sure to include at least 3 examples of a change in his character.

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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