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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Molloy say he will never finish his list of weak points?
(a) He cannot get his head around them.
(b) They keep changing.
(c) They are always multiplying.
(d) It will finish him.

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

5. What does Molloy say he was afraid his mother always understood him to be saying with his knocks?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Goodbye.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Molloy say bothered him about Edith?

3. Which direction does Molloy say he had to go, from the seashore, to visit his mother?

4. Why does Molloy say the policeman stopped him?

5. What time of day does Molloy say he prefers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Molloy’s distinction between death and being put to death?

2. What is the one thing that Molloy says torments him?

3. How does Molloy characterize his relationship with Lousse?

4. How long was Molloy on the road before he met Lousse, and how long did he stay with Lousse?

5. Why was Molloy taken to the police station?

6. How does Molloy say he chooses what to write?

7. What does Molloy say are the principles he lives by?

8. What does Molloy say he could not stay in the forest?

9. What is Molloy’s character like?

10. What offer does Lousse make to Molloy?

(see the answer keys)

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