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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Molloy say was missing from his clothes when he got them back?
(a) Money.
(b) His hat.
(c) His traveling papers.
(d) His sucking stone.

2. How does Molloy characterize the internal voices that tell him to stay or to go?
(a) A mother and a father.
(b) Two devils.
(c) An angel and a devil.
(d) Two fools.

3. What does Molloy say is easier for him at the seashore?
(a) Naming things.
(b) Finding things.
(c) Losing things.
(d) Remembering things.

4. What does Molloy say morning is the time for?
(a) Homecoming.
(b) Traveling.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Hiding.

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

6. How does Molloy characterize the atmosphere he made his way through?
(a) A hostile, rotting smell.
(b) An impenetrable darkness.
(c) A mean redness.
(d) A blue gloom.

7. What does Molloy say he was reduced to, by the policeman’s questions?
(a) Confabulation.
(b) Panic.
(c) Tediousness.
(d) Contentiousness.

8. Why does Molloy say the policeman stopped him?
(a) For speeding on his bicycle.
(b) For trespassing.
(c) For loitering.
(d) For the way he was resting on his bicycle.

9. How does Molloy characterize Edith’s preference in clothing?
(a) Not to wear clothes.
(b) Minimalist dresses.
(c) Simple folk clothing.
(d) Voluminous shifts.

10. Why does Molloy say he did not slit his wrists after leaving Lousse’s?
(a) He could not find a knife.
(b) He wanted to see his mother again.
(c) The pain was too great.
(d) He was hungry and wanted to eat.

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

12. When Molloy says that “this is life,” what was he referring to?
(a) Traveling to his mother.
(b) Making love with Edith.
(c) Picking through trash.
(d) Being taken care of by Lousse.

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

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

15. What problems does Molloy say had not yet started with his health?
(a) The loss of his toes.
(b) The loss of his hearing.
(c) The loss of his memory.
(d) The loss of his vision.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who buried the dog after Molloy followed Lousse home?

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

3. With whom does Molloy describe a sexual act?

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

5. What does Molloy say one knock on his mother’s head meant?

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