E. M. Forster Trivia

1. How old is the title character in the beginning of the novel?

From Quiz "Maurice"

Answer: 14

At the beginning of the novel, Maurice is just graduating from his elementary school and is about to further his education at Sunnington.

From Quiz "A Passage To India" by E. M. Forster

Answer: Because she wants to see the real India

We meet Adela Quested in Chapter three where she is watching Cousin Kate.

From Quiz E. M. Forster's Short Stories

Answer: He dies

Kuno, along with the entire human race, dies as the machine malfunctions.

From Quiz "Maurice"

Answer: Ada and Kitty

Maurice's father died when he was young, leaving Maurice as the head of the household. For the duration of the novel he lives at home with his mother and two sisters.

From Quiz "A Passage To India" by E. M. Forster

Answer: It coincides with the anniversary of his wife's death

It was only after his wife died that he realised he loved her. They had three children - just like Mrs Moore. He had been angry with Major Callendar, but that was earlier in the novel.

From Quiz E. M. Forster's Short Stories

Answer: Age

The first line of the story is 'My pedometer told me that I was {twenty-five;} and, though it is a shocking thing to stop walking, I was so tired that I sat down on a milestone to rest.'

From Quiz "Maurice"

Answer: Cambridge

Though not much of a scholar, Maurice goes on to study at Cambridge before taking his father's place at his business.

From Quiz "A Passage To India" by E. M. Forster

Answer: Temple

Mosque = Muslim place of worship. Caves = Ancient primal abode. Temple = Hindu place of worship. Club = Where the Anglo-Indians meet to socialise.

From Quiz E. M. Forster's Short Stories

Answer: His brother

The last line of the story reads: 'The man whose beer I had stolen lowered me down gently to sleep off its effects, and, as he did so, I saw that he was my brother.'

From Quiz "Maurice"

Answer: Maurice is friends with Clive's roommate.

Maurice is first friends with Risley, an outspoken gay student in his philosophy class. When Maurice goes to visit him one night, he finds he is out but his roommate is in. Maurice is instantly drawn to Clive, and the two become fast friends.

From Quiz "A Passage To India" by E. M. Forster

Answer: Chandrapore

Based on the city of Bankipore.

From Quiz E. M. Forster's Short Stories

Answer: A copse of trees

He gives her Other Kingdom Copse, a small forest of beech trees.

From Quiz "Maurice"

Answer: two

Though the extent of their relationship is hazy, we at least gather Maurice sees Clive as a significant other, and they see each other every Wednesday and weekend. Clive is reluctant to show affection toward Maurice, though Maurice's love is evident.

From Quiz "A Passage To India" by E. M. Forster

Answer: The accident

The accident prefigures the event at the caves.

From Quiz E. M. Forster's Short Stories

Answer: Sunrise and Sunset

Apparently a change due to lack of patronage, the Company suspended hourly service and ran only at sunrise and sunset.

From Quiz "Maurice"

Answer: committing suicide

Clive falls ill, and after his sickness, he is no longer attracted to or in love with Maurice. The reason for the change of heart is never explained by Forster, and the reader never knows if he is in fact heterosexual or is too afraid to continue his affair with Maurice. Upon the break up Maurice falls into a depression and feels his life is worthless without a lover.

From Quiz "A Passage To India" by E. M. Forster

Answer: Godbole

If Godbole and Fielding hadn't missed the train, then the event at the caves might not have occured.

From Quiz E. M. Forster's Short Stories

Answer: Inside a tree trunk

The shrine had an effect on Mr Lucas, who then felt inclined to remain in nature with the Greeks.

From Quiz "Maurice"

Answer: Stockbroker

Maurice follows in his deceased father's footsteps and takes his place at the firm.

From Quiz "A Passage To India" by E. M. Forster

Answer: Das

Ronny's superior. Adela and Mrs Moore meet him and his wife at the Bridge Party.

From Quiz E. M. Forster's Short Stories

Answer: It is the reward for martyrdom

He starts to ask for one, but then says he doesn't want it because 'it is the reward of {martyrdom;} my life has been tranquil and happy.'

From Quiz "Maurice"

Answer: Anne

After his relationship with Maurice, Clive marries a dull yet acceptable young woman. Though he invites Maurice to visit at his home, Clive spends little time with him and seems fearful Maurice will tell about their relationship.

From Quiz "A Passage To India" by E. M. Forster

Answer: Punkah-wallah

Forster's description is very interesting here. A punkah-wallah is a servant who operates a fan. "Almost naked, and splendidly formed, he sat on a raised platform near the back, in the middle of the central gangway, and he caught her (Adela's) attention as she came in, and he seemed to control the proceedings. He had the strength and beauty that sometimes come to flower in Indians of low birth. When that strange race nears the dust and is condemned as untouchable, then nature remembers the physical perfection that she accomplished elsewhere, and throws out a god - not many, but one here and there, to prove to society how little its categories impress her. This man would have been notable anywhere; among the thin-hammed, flat-chested mediocrities of Chandrapore he stood out as divine, yet he was of the city, its garbage had nourished him, he would end on its rubbish heaps."

From Quiz E. M. Forster's Short Stories

Answer: The townspeople believed she was pregnant with the antichrist

A prophecy said that her child would marry the Siren and rule the world for eternity. The townspeople wanted to prevent that from happening, so they killed her and her child.

From Quiz "Maurice"

Answer: At Clive's home

Though Clive has little time for his former lover during his visit, Maurice is actively pursued by a handsome young groundskeeper. Alec takes every opportunity he has to converse with Maurice, though at first Maurice seems indifferent to the youth.

From Quiz "A Passage To India" by E. M. Forster

Answer: Shri Krishna

Born on the stroke of midnight.

From Quiz E. M. Forster's Short Stories

Answer: A novel

The novel was about a place the author had been to, but when she returned, she found that the fame the novel had brought to the place had changed it entirely.

From Quiz "Maurice"

Answer: Gamekeeper

As an under-gamekeeper (working under the head gamekeeper), Alec knows the ins and outs of the estate at Penge, and is able to see Maurice often and easily. On their first night together, Alec enters Maurice's room through the window, using a ladder that he had used to get onto the roof for patching.

From Quiz "A Passage To India" by E. M. Forster

Answer: Adela Quested

Because Fielding spent time with Adela after the trial, Aziz thought he'd married her. If he had read Fielding's letters, he would have realised it was Stella.

From Quiz E. M. Forster's Short Stories

Answer: Concierge

Feo didn't even immediately remember it when Miss Raby returned, but he had changed anyway.

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