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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 Alec's letter in Chapter 42 scold Maurice for?
(a) His refusal to go to Argentina.
(b) His refusal to run away with him.
(c) His treatment of Alec.
(d) His treatment of Clive.

2. What does Lasker prescribe Maurice in Chapter 42?
(a) Getting married to a woman.
(b) Staying in bed.
(c) Fresh air and exercise.
(d) Going on a date with a girl.

3. What phrase does Maurice's father repeat on his deathbed?
(a) The stars above.
(b) God and the sun.
(c) Into space.
(d) The light within.

4. When Maurice returns home in Chapter 40, what do he and his mother do?
(a) Go to the theater.
(b) Have tea together.
(c) Go shopping.
(d) Take a walk in the garden.

5. What does Dr. Barry tell Maurice about his troubles?
(a) He needs to go to a psychiatrist.
(b) He never guessed Maurice had these troubles.
(c) They are rubbish.
(d) They will never go away.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Clive calls Maurice, how many of Clive's friends does his fiancée say she had talked to?

2. Whom does Maurice notice especially in Chapter 34?

3. What is uncharacteristic about the letters between Clive and Maurice in Chapter 26?

4. What happens when Maurice returns to his room in Chapter 39?

5. What does Maurice expect will happen between him and Clive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Maurice try to tell his grandfather but cannot? What does Maurice realize about life from his grandfather?

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

4. When Maurice returns home from Penge, what does his mother want him to do? What does he receive during this time?

5. What information does Risley give Maurice about a famous composer? How does this information make Maurice feel?

6. Whom does Ada become engaged to? What does Maurice do after she becomes engaged?

7. Where do Maurice and Alec meet in London? Whom does Maurice see there?

8. What new thing did Maurice's grandfather invent? What is at the stem of this belief?

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

10. 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?

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