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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 morning is the time for?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Traveling.
(c) Homecoming.
(d) Hiding.

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

3. Why does Molloy say you cannot mention everything in its proper place?
(a) You would never be done.
(b) Things do not have proper places.
(c) You cannot speak things’ names correctly.
(d) Things keep moving.

4. What does Molloy say a man in his position must be able to relish?
(a) Grace.
(b) Filth.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Anger.

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

6. What does Molloy say was missing when he woke up at Lousse’s house after burying the dog?
(a) His money.
(b) His beard.
(c) His hair.
(d) His toes.

7. What did the charcoal burner want to share with Molloy?
(a) His insights.
(b) His food.
(c) His hut.
(d) His mother.

8. Why was Molloy not free to stay in the forest?
(a) He would be going against an imperative.
(b) He could not find shelter there.
(c) He could not see far enough there.
(d) He needed his papers at home.

9. What does Molloy say Lousse’s parrot says?
(a) Greetings.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Expletives.
(d) Prayers.

10. What does Molloy say he has in place of principles?
(a) What he has, what he is.
(b) What he will do.
(c) What he has done, who he is.
(d) What he knows, what he can say.

11. What does Molloy offer the reader?
(a) His confession.
(b) His beginning.
(c) His analysis.
(d) His justification.

12. Which direction did Molloy set off in, from the alley?
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) South.

13. Why does Molloy say that he ought to have been buried alive?
(a) Because of his relationship with his mother.
(b) Because of the poverty of his life.
(c) Because of the smell from his leaking bladder.
(d) Because of the sacrilege of his thoughts.

14. What does Molloy say C was looking around for?
(a) Molloy.
(b) Landmarks.
(c) His mother.
(d) A.

15. What percentage of Lousse’s speech does Molloy say he understood?
(a) 25%.
(b) 1%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 0%.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Molloy describe a sexual act?

2. What does Molloy say the only way to progress was, after his good leg started to hurt?

3. How does Molloy characterize Lousse?

4. What did Molloy see when the forest ended?

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

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