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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Theo in Part III, Chapter 1, what is an underrated classic?
(a) The Tribesman.
(b) Two Germans.
(c) The Treehouse.
(d) The Broken Ones.

2. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 1, Theo's letter is a way back to what?
(a) Ambition.
(b) The past.
(c) Glory.
(d) Fame.

3. Whose successful novel is in the window of the bookstore during the second interlude?
(a) Douglas Sherman.
(b) Gore Vidal.
(c) Rufus Shawcross.
(d) Garrett Colby.

4. What is the name of the editor who had rejected Maurice's previous novels, according to Edith in Part II, Chapter 5?
(a) Rowan Shawcross.
(b) Rufus Shawcross.
(c) Rupert Shawcross.
(d) Ronald Shawcross.

5. According to Maurice in the second interlude, before meeting Henry Rowe, he had only been in trouble for what action?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Tardiness.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Profanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Theo's last name?

2. What does Theo's father do for a living, according to his letter in Part III, Chapter 1?

3. What does Edith ask the head of her department in Part II, Chapter 6?

4. At the end of Part III, Chapter 3, Maurice says that, if he could go back in time, he would be a little more friendly toward whom?

5. From what novel does Maurice read when speaking to Edith's class in Part II, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Maurice in the time since the end of the second interlude?

2. Describe Theo. According to Maurice, whom does Theo look like?

3. What trouble does Daniel get into at school in the second interlude? How is the situation resolved?

4. Who is Daniel's mother? How does Maurice feel about fatherhood?

5. What demand does Rebecca make of Edith in Part II, Chapter 6? Why? How does Edith respond?

6. Discuss Maurice's thoughts regarding Dash, as recounted to Theo in Part III, Chapter 3.

7. What happens to Edith at the end of Part II, Chapter 7?

8. What happens to Maurice at the start of Part III, Chapter 3?

9. What information about Maurice is contained in Dash Hardy's biography? How does he feel about this description?

10. Explain how the present and past become muddled for Maurice in the first three chapters of Part III.

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