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

2. What does Molloy say the horizon was burning with?
(a) Forest fires.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Phosphorus.
(d) Nuclear fire.

3. What does Molloy say one knock on his mother’s head meant?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) I don’t know.

4. Where does Molloy say his dwelling is?
(a) Quietist.
(b) Deepest down.
(c) Loudest.
(d) Furthest.

5. What does Molloy say he wants to finish?
(a) Caring for his mother.
(b) Caring for himself.
(c) Dying.
(d) Walking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Molloy characterize the son he might have had, who would come to visit him?

3. Where does Molloy say he sleeps?

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

5. What does Molloy say is “not an easy matter” (24)?

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