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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. What does Molloy say a man in his position must be able to relish?
(a) Anger.
(b) Filth.
(c) Grace.
(d) Forgiveness.

2. What does Molloy say his identity was wrapped in?
(a) His writing.
(b) A namelessness.
(c) His family name.
(d) His sensations.

3. How does Molloy characterize the son he might have had, who would come to visit him?
(a) Violent.
(b) Happy.
(c) Queer.
(d) Frightening.

4. How does Molloy say his mother knew him?
(a) By sound.
(b) By touch.
(c) By taste.
(d) By smell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Molloy characterize C?

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

3. What is Molloy trying to do at the beginning of the novel?

4. What does Molloy say his mother smelled like?

5. Which way does Molloy say C was going, after he met A?

(see the answer key)

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