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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the man who visits Molloy leave behind when he visits?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) Books.
(c) Instructions.
(d) Money.
2. What smell does Molloy say he associates with Lousse?
(a) Lilacs.
(b) Peonies.
(c) Sea air.
(d) Lavender.
3. Who does Molloy say is responsible for him acting like a pig?
(a) His mother.
(b) His fate.
(c) Himself.
(d) His superiors.
4. What does Molloy say he was reduced to, by the policeman’s questions?
(a) Confabulation.
(b) Panic.
(c) Tediousness.
(d) Contentiousness.
5. What is Molloy trying to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Orient himself.
(b) Beg forgiveness.
(c) Find himself.
(d) Justify his actions.
6. What was it that make Molloy’s previous suicide attempts unsuccessful?
(a) The lack of trees.
(b) The lack of rope.
(c) The noise.
(d) The dullness of his knives.
7. What name does Molloy give for the person which whom he knew “true love” (83)?
(a) Rose.
(b) June.
(c) Gertrude.
(d) April.
8. What does Molloy say he was afraid of, that caused him to answer the police’s questions blindly?
(a) Being sent home.
(b) Being beaten.
(c) Being kept from his mother.
(d) Being killed.
9. Which way does Molloy say A was going, after he met C?
(a) Toward the sea.
(b) Away from town.
(c) Toward town.
(d) Into the forest.
10. How does Molloy characterize the son he might have had, who would come to visit him?
(a) Queer.
(b) Frightening.
(c) Violent.
(d) Happy.
11. 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.
12. What does Molloy say is “not an easy matter” (24)?
(a) Finding his way in the dark.
(b) Learning his mother’s address.
(c) Answering policemen’s questions.
(d) Applying the letter of the law to someone like him.
13. Which way does Molloy say C was going, after he met A?
(a) Away from town.
(b) Toward town.
(c) Toward the sea.
(d) Into the forest.
14. When Molloy asked for his clothes, what did the valet tell him at first?
(a) They were being burned.
(b) They were in his room.
(c) He would have them right back.
(d) They were in the cleaners.
15. What does the man who visits Molloy take away when he visits?
(a) Money.
(b) Instructions.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Pages.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Molloy say his hat is attached to his clothing?
2. How does Molloy characterize the atmosphere he made his way through?
3. Why does Molloy say the policeman stopped him?
4. What does Molloy say his identity was wrapped in?
5. What does Molloy say he has in place of principles?
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