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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 does Anne offer to give Maurice when he feels ill?

2. What does Maurice's grandfather invent?

3. What composer's music is featured in the opera in Chapter 32?

4. Where is Scudder going with his brother?

5. What does Maurice give up in order to play football with the youths of the College Settlement?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Clive calls Maurice, why is Maurice hurt? What does Maurice do in spite of these feelings?

2. During the cricket match, what happens to Maurice? What does Anne offer Maurice to help him?

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

4. Whom does Ada become engaged to? What does Maurice do after she becomes engaged?

5. What excuse does Maurice give for leaving Penge in Chapter 40? What do Anne and Clive think is the real reason?

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

7. After Maurice sees Lasker for the last time, what does he decide about himself? How does he reconcile this?

8. 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?

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

10. On his way back to his room, whom does Maurice talk to in Chapter 37? When does he see this person next?

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

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 3

Chapter 39 and 40 follow Maurice during a very stressful time. Explore the building stress for Maurice, the reasons behind it, including how Maurice responds to this stress. Be sure to include at least 3 examples.

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