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

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

3. What falls on the piano in Chapter 34?

4. When does Maurice visit Penge in Chapter 34?

5. What is Mr. Borenius' profession?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. When Maurice talks to the first doctor about his homosexuality, what does the doctor say? How does Maurice feel after seeing him?

5. How does Maurice find out about Clive's engagement? Whom does he meet that very same day?

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

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

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

9. On the day of Alec's scheduled departure, whom does Maurice see at the dock? Why is he afraid?

10. What kind of doctor does Risley tell Maurice about at the opera? Who has this doctor cured?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Maurice learns of Clive's engagement, it comes as a great shock to him. Examine the reasons behind Maurice's response to Clive and his fiancée, including their conversation on the telephone.

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

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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