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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. As Maurice speaks to the principal in the second interlude, what object catches his attention?
2. How is Maurice described in the biography Maurice reads in the second interlude?
3. Where does Edith's sister plan to move?
4. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 2, what has grown muddled with age?
5. Who requests Maurice speak to Edith's class in Part II, Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Maurice in Part III, Chapter 1, how does he spend his days?
2. Discuss several pieces of news Edith learns in Part II, Chapter 7.
3. What demand does Rebecca make of Edith in Part II, Chapter 6? Why? How does Edith respond?
4. Who is Daniel's mother? How does Maurice feel about fatherhood?
5. According to Maurice in the second interlude, what happened with Henry Rowe when he was a teenager?
6. According to Maurice in the second interlude, how did he write The Breach and The Broken Ones?
7. What happens when Maurice and Edith meet Leona Alwin in Part II, Chapter 3?
8. What information about Maurice is contained in Dash Hardy's biography? How does he feel about this description?
9. Who is Theo Field and why does he write to Maurice? What does he tell Maurice?
10. What is bad about violence and theft, according to Maurice in the second interlude?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At one point in the novel, Maurice thinks that “[t]he past had begun to grow a little muddled with age” (285). Choose a minimum of two characters and explain how the novel illustrates the fluid nature of time.
Essay Topic 2
Choose three characters (other than Maurice) and explain the role of writing as it pertains to their characters and the plot.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the Maurice and Theo. How are they similar, and how are they different?
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