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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. What does Edith discover about herself in Part II, Chapter 7?
(a) Her novel is not good.
(b) She has cancer.
(c) She is meant to be a teacher.
(d) She is pregnant again.

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

3. What happens to Maurice's appearance as a result of the accident in Part III, Chapter 3?
(a) His lip swells.
(b) He loses a tooth.
(c) He breaks his nose.
(d) His cheek is bruised purple.

4. What is the name of Maurice's fourth published novel?
(a) The Schism.
(b) The Rift.
(c) The Rupture.
(d) The Breach.

5. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 1, how does he spend his days?
(a) Walking.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Writing.
(d) Weeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Maurice speaks to the principal in the second interlude, what object catches his attention?

2. What is the name of the girl who kissed Maurice's son?

3. Which author is angry with Maurice in the second interlude?

4. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 3, how old was Daniel when he died?

5. In whose biography does Maurice find himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Maurice and Edith meet Leona Alwin in Part II, Chapter 3?

3. According to Maurice in the second interlude, what happened with Henry Rowe when he was a teenager?

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

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

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

7. What confrontation happens on Christmas? What makes Edith suspicious?

8. What happens to Edith at the end of Part II?

9. What is suspicious about Maurice's new novel in Part II, Chapter 5?

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

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