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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pages 18-35, from the sentence that starts “The room smelt of ammonia” through the sentence that starts “My sick leg, forget which”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Molloy characterize C?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Innocent.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Naïve.

2. What is Molloy trying to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Beg forgiveness.
(b) Justify his actions.
(c) Find himself.
(d) Orient himself.

3. How does Molloy say he met Lousse?
(a) He killed her dog with his bicycle.
(b) He asked her for directions.
(c) He asked her for food.
(d) He killed her child with his crutches.

4. What does Molloy say his mother smelled like?
(a) Travel.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Antiquity.
(d) Cooking.

5. What does Molloy say he felt called by as he watched C?
(a) The fields and the sea.
(b) His mother.
(c) His death.
(d) The sky and mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Molloy calls his mother a “uniparous whore” (19) — What does uniparous mean?

2. What does Molloy say two knocks on his mother’s head meant?

3. What does Molloy say three knocks on his mother’s head meant?

4. What does the man who visits Molloy leave behind when he visits?

5. What does Molloy say one knock on his mother’s head meant?

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