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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. What was the last thing Moran remembered before he realized that he had killed the man?

2. What did Moran ask Father Ambrose for?

3. What drug did Moran take while his son was gone?

4. How long did Moran remain in the place where his son abandoned him?

5. What did Gaber tell Moran that Youdi had said life consisted of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first cause of tension between Moran and his son, after they leave?

2. What was Moran’s reaction when he received the orders from Gaber?

3. How does Moran characterize the man who hailed him on the second night?

4. How did Martha learn that Moran and his son were going away?

5. What arraignments did Moran make with Father Ambrose after Gaber’s visit?

6. What does Moran say are topics that never crossed his mind?

7. What is Moran’s pleasure principle, and how did it affect his decisions around his departure?

8. What does Moran say is the value of finishing a job like this?

9. What justification does Moran offer for why he accepted the job from Gaber?

10. How does Moran characterize his relationship with hope, after his son left?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What topics would you like to research further, after reading Molloy? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on Molloy.

Essay Topic 2

What makes Molloy a pressing and relevant figure for our times? In what ways is his philosophy and literary stance no longer appropriate? Is Molloy a book for our times, or just a relic from a previous time?

Essay Topic 3

Molloy is a book in which Beckett has created a world for his character to live in, but it is a world that only sometimes resembles our world of experiences and observations. What are the advantages and disadvantages of creating a whole world for a character, with rules that apply only to that world, and are not even always explained? Is this an ultimately fruitful enterprise for Beckett, or does the artificiality of the enterprise work against him? Take a position on one side or the other.

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