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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pages 35, from the sentence that starts, “I had so to speak only one leg…” through page 54, the sentence that starts “Yes, that struck me as less strange…”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Molloy say his mother smelled like?
(a) Antiquity.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Travel.
(d) Cooking.

2. What does Molloy say is “not an easy matter” (24)?
(a) Learning his mother’s address.
(b) Applying the letter of the law to someone like him.
(c) Answering policemen’s questions.
(d) Finding his way in the dark.

3. Molloy says that he listened to Lousse for a long time—What does Molloy say was left at the end of his listening?
(a) The sound of the stars.
(b) Her desire for him.
(c) Her voice.
(d) The smell of cooking.

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

5. When Molloy asked for his clothes, what did the valet tell him at first?
(a) They were being burned.
(b) He would have them right back.
(c) They were in the cleaners.
(d) They were in his room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Molloy say he sleeps?

2. What does Molloy say kept him from cutting his testicles off?

3. How long does Molloy say elapsed between leaving home and seeing the moon at Lousse’s house?

4. What does Molloy say it would be madness not to do?

5. What does Molloy say four knocks on his mother’s head meant?

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