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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lousse offer Molloy?
(a) A place to live.
(b) Something to eat.
(c) Money.
(d) Transportation to his mother.

2. Under what condition does Molloy say he could show what he was made of?
(a) A manipulative genius opponent.
(b) A feeble assailant.
(c) A populated arena.
(d) A weak-witted opponent.

3. What does Molloy say kept him from cutting his testicles off?
(a) His familiarity with his testicles.
(b) His aversion to pain.
(c) His loathing for eunuchs.
(d) His desire for children.

4. What does Molloy say life seems to be made up of?
(a) Betrayal.
(b) Decay.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Backsliding.

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

6. How long does Molloy say elapsed between leaving home and seeing the moon at Lousse’s house?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 year.

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

8. Under what condition does Molloy say he might have loved the charcoal burner?
(a) If he had been 70 years older.
(b) If he had already known what love was.
(c) If the charcoal burner were 70 years younger.
(d) If he had never been beaten.

9. 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.

10. What time of day does Molloy say he prefers?
(a) Night.
(b) Evening.
(c) Noon.
(d) Morning.

11. Considering his bad leg, what does Molloy say would have made him happier?
(a) Finding an honest doctor.
(b) Getting to the hospital.
(c) Losing both legs.
(d) Going home and lying down.

12. With whom does Molloy describe a sexual act?
(a) Lousse.
(b) Edith.
(c) Mrs. Loy.
(d) A goat.

13. What does Molloy say the only way to progress was, after his good leg started to hurt?
(a) To wait.
(b) To ask for help.
(c) To crawl.
(d) To stop.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man who visits Molloy leave behind when he visits?

2. What does Molloy say the horizon was burning with?

3. What name does Molloy give for the person which whom he knew “true love” (83)?

4. What does Molloy say he felt called by as he watched C?

5. What does Molloy say is “not an easy matter” (24)?

(see the answer keys)

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