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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 phrase does Maurice's father repeat on his deathbed?
3. In Chapter 26, what do Clive's letters to Maurice say?
4. What does Maurice expect will happen between him and Clive?
5. What day are Maurice and Scudder supposed to meet?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Maurice find out about Clive's engagement? Whom does he meet that very same day?
2. On his way back to his room, whom does Maurice talk to in Chapter 37? When does he see this person next?
3. What does Maurice try to tell his grandfather but cannot? What does Maurice realize about life from his grandfather?
4. What excuse does Maurice give for leaving Penge in Chapter 40? What do Anne and Clive think is the real reason?
5. What information does Risley give Maurice about a famous composer? How does this information make Maurice feel?
6. When Maurice talks to the first doctor about his homosexuality, what does the doctor say? How does Maurice feel after seeing him?
7. Whom does Maurice go to first to try to cure his homosexuality? Why does he go to this person?
8. Where do Maurice and Alec meet in London? Whom does Maurice see there?
9. What advice does Lasker give Maurice? What does he say about England?
10. What does Alec's letter to Maurice say in Chapter 42? How does Maurice respond to this letter?
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
During one vacation, Maurice takes up a relationship with a girl named Gladys Olcott. Write an essay on Maurice's motivation for this relationship and the reasons for its sudden demise.
Essay Topic 3
Chapter 12 breaks form with the rest of the novel. Explain this change in form discussing what it accomplishes in the novel. Why do you think Forster wrote it this way? Can you think of another way he could have revealed the same information?
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