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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pages 74, from the sentence, “It was a wild part of the coast” through the end of Part I on page 91..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Molloy characterize his own appearance?
(a) He says that he is not a pretty sight.
(b) He says that he is normal.
(c) He says that he is too handsome for his own good.
(d) He says that he is invisible.

2. How does Molloy characterize Lousse?
(a) A woman of extraordinary flatness.
(b) A woman of delicate graces.
(c) A woman of bountiful curves.
(d) A woman of masculine musculature.

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

4. How does Molloy characterize the road where A and C meet?
(a) Lush.
(b) Overlooking the sea.
(c) Urban.
(d) Bare.

5. What is Molloy trying to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Justify his actions.
(b) Beg forgiveness.
(c) Find himself.
(d) Orient himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Molloy say two knocks on his mother’s head meant?

2. Why does Molloy say you cannot mention everything in its proper place?

3. Why does Molloy say the policeman stopped him?

4. With whom does Molloy describe a sexual act?

5. Why does Molloy say he did not slit his wrists after leaving Lousse’s?

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