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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, pages 145, starting with the paragraph that starts, “The day seemed very long …,” through page 160, the paragraph that ends with the sentence, “And in order to make this sound more likely…”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Molloy characterize his health in the time he was with Lousse?
(a) Old problems resolved but new ones began.
(b) It did not decline.
(c) It got better.
(d) It got worse.

2. Under what condition does Molloy say he might have loved the charcoal burner?
(a) If he had never been beaten.
(b) If he had already known what love was.
(c) If the charcoal burner were 70 years younger.
(d) If he had been 70 years older.

3. What does Moran say his kneecap felt like?
(a) A clitoris.
(b) A breast.
(c) A rib.
(d) A rump.

4. What answer did Moran’s knee make when he listened to it?
(a) Lay down.
(b) Go home.
(c) Run a bit.
(d) No change.

5. What does Molloy say is easier for him at the seashore?
(a) Naming things.
(b) Losing things.
(c) Finding things.
(d) Remembering things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moran rub iodex on, for pain relief?

2. What does the man who visits Molloy take away when he visits?

3. How does Moran say he dreads death?

4. What does Molloy say he wants to finish?

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

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