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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, pages 110, starting with the paragraph that starts, “I still had a few hours left before dinner…,” through page 128, the paragraph that ends with the sentence, “And so I turned a last time…” .

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 too handsome for his own good.
(c) He says that he is invisible.
(d) He says that he is normal.

2. What did Moran give Martha after his instructions for a four o’clock mean angered her?
(a) Time to visit her friend.
(b) Extra money.
(c) A smack.
(d) The day off tomorrow.

3. Where does Molloy say he met Edith?
(a) At a crossroads.
(b) In a garden.
(c) In a restaurant.
(d) In a rubbish dump.

4. What was it that make Molloy’s previous suicide attempts unsuccessful?
(a) The dullness of his knives.
(b) The lack of rope.
(c) The lack of trees.
(d) The noise.

5. What does Moran say his decision to leave by autocycle reveals was present in his decision-making process?
(a) Chaos theory.
(b) Fate.
(c) The pleasure principle.
(d) A great mystery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of Lousse’s speech does Molloy say he understood?

2. How does Molloy characterize Lousse?

3. Where does Molloy tell the police he is going?

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

5. What does Molloy say he had to circumvent, to get to his mother?

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