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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, pages 128, starting with the paragraph that starts, “In the lane, having locked the wicket-gate…,” through page 145, and the paragraph that ends with the sentence, “And it would be my joy to help my son…”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was it that make Molloy’s previous suicide attempts unsuccessful?
(a) The lack of rope.
(b) The noise.
(c) The lack of trees.
(d) The dullness of his knives.

2. How does Moran characterize the business of describing his adventures?
(a) Irrelevant.
(b) Riveting.
(c) Tedious.
(d) Boring.

3. Moran says that he proceeds in making his report out of fear: why does he say he fears?
(a) Out of force of habit.
(b) For Youdi’s punishments.
(c) Out of pragmatism.
(d) For Molloy’s safety.

4. Why does Molloy say he will never finish his list of weak points?
(a) They keep changing.
(b) He cannot get his head around them.
(c) They are always multiplying.
(d) It will finish him.

5. How does Molloy characterize the atmosphere he made his way through?
(a) A blue gloom.
(b) An impenetrable darkness.
(c) A hostile, rotting smell.
(d) A mean redness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who buried the dog after Molloy followed Lousse home?

2. Under what condition does Molloy say he might have loved the charcoal burner?

3. How does Molloy characterize the internal voices that tell him to stay or to go?

4. What does Molloy say he had to circumvent, to get to his mother?

5. What did Lousse offer Molloy?

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