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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 is the name of the ship that Alec is sailing on?
(a) Olympia.
(b) Romania.
(c) Englaterra.
(d) Normannia.

2. What does the telegram Scudder sends to Maurice in Chapter 40 say?
(a) Come with me to Argentina.
(b) Don't tell my secret.
(c) Come back to Penge.
(d) I love you.

3. Where does Clive meet his fiancée?
(a) Italy.
(b) Greece.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) London.

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

5. What does Maurice learn about Tchaikovsky in Chapter 32?
(a) Tchaikovsky hated homosexuality.
(b) Tchaikovsky dressed as a woman.
(c) Tchaikovsky fell in love with his nephew.
(d) Tchaikovsky never married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maurice yell at Ada for after his fight with Clive?

2. What is the name of Alec's brother?

3. What does the hypnotist make Maurice focus on during their first session?

4. What game does Maurice dislike?

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

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

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

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

5. After Maurice sees Lasker for the last time, what does he decide about himself? How does he reconcile this?

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

7. What does Maurice announce to Clive when he is visiting Penge in Chapter 35? What is Clive's reaction to this? How does this make Maurice feel?

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

9. When Clive writes to Maurice after they break up, what does each letter say? What is uncharacteristic about Maurice and Clive's letters to one another during this time?

10. What engagement does Maurice break off in order to spend the night with Alec? What does he try to convince Alec to do the next day?

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