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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. Who prompts a change in Clive in Chapter 24?
2. In Chapter 18, how long have Maurice and Clive been together?
3. What night does Maurice spend at Clive's each week?
4. What is the novel dedicated to?
5. What happens to Maurice as a result of his impertinence?
Short Essay Questions
1. How old is Maurice when Mr. Ducie talks to him on the beach? What is Maurice's reaction to Mr. Ducie's talk?
2. Where does Clive go after visiting the Halls in Chapter 25? What plans are canceled because of this?
3. What advice does Dr. Barry give Maurice? What does Dr. Barry get angry about?
4. As Mr. Ducie and Maurice walk away from the beach, what does Mr. Ducie say? What does Maurice think of Mr. Ducie for an instant?
5. What happens when Maurice and Clive decide to spend the day together? What is the consequence of this action?
6. Who does Clive want to be alone with when he visits the Halls in Chapter 25? Why does he want this?
7. When Clive comes back from Greece, where does he go first? Who is the first person he sees there?
8. In the beginning of the novel, what is Maurice's class doing? Why does Mr. Ducie want to speak with Maurice?
9. What does Clive's mother question Maurice about? How does this affect Maurice?
10. How old is Maurice when he graduates from high school? What does Dr. Barry talk to him about on his graduation day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Think about Maurice's upbringing in the preparatory school up until college. Write an essay about the timetable of Maurice's awareness of his own sexuality, discussing how his school affects his feelings about this.
Essay Topic 2
Near the end of the novel, Mr. Borenius makes a rather long speech to Maurice about sexuality. What is the significance of this speech to both Maurice and the novel as a whole?
Essay Topic 3
When Maurice and Durham become friends, they test boundaries with one another, both mentally and physically. Discuss the physical relationship between Durham and Maurice, examining what each act means in the evolution of their relationship.
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