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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. From whom does Maurice learn about Clive's engagement?

2. What engagement does Maurice abandon to stay with Alec in London?

3. What does Clive learn about Anne on their wedding night?

4. What percentage of patients does the hypnotist say are like Maurice?

5. What does Lasker recommend to Maurice in Chapter 41?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maurice get tickets to the opera in Chapter 32? What composer's music was being played?

2. Whom does Maurice go to first to try to cure his homosexuality? Why does he go to this person?

3. When Maurice visits Penge in Chapter 34, why is he upset at first? Who is there to greet him?

4. When Alec does not get onto the boat, where does Maurice go to find him? What does Alec assume about Maurice when he sees him?

5. What does Maurice announce to Clive when he is visiting Penge in Chapter 35? What is Clive's reaction to this? How does this make Maurice feel?

6. When Scudder leaves in the morning, what does Maurice do? What causes Maurice anxiety?

7. Where do Maurice and Alec meet in London? Whom does Maurice see there?

8. What advice does Lasker give Maurice? What does he say about England?

9. When Maurice yells at Ada, what does he accuse her of? What does he tell Ada Clive said about her?

10. What new thing did Maurice's grandfather invent? What is at the stem of this belief?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Lasker is one of the few people that Maurice talks with openly about his homosexuality. Explain the important perspective that Lasker provides in the novel, and give at least 3 ways his character affects Maurice in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

After Maurice allows himself to pursue a relationship with Clive, his behavior changes. Examine this change in Maurice, providing at least three examples of his change in behavior towards others.

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