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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. How does Molloy characterize his own appearance?
(a) He says that he is not a pretty sight.
(b) He says that he is too handsome for his own good.
(c) He says that he is normal.
(d) He says that he is invisible.

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

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

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

5. What does Molloy say the horizon was burning with?
(a) Nuclear fire.
(b) Forest fires.
(c) Phosphorus.
(d) Sunset.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Molloy characterize the road where A and C meet?

2. How does Molloy say a man inevitably travels in the forest?

3. Why does Molloy say that he ought to have been buried alive?

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

5. When Molloy says that “this is life,” what was he referring to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Molloy say he and his mother refer to each other?

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

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

4. Where did Molloy take shelter after leaving Lousse’s place?

5. How does Molloy characterize his experience with the charcoal burner in the forest?

6. How does Molloy describe his relationship with society, through his detention?

7. What offer does Lousse make to Molloy?

8. What does Molloy say keeps him going?

9. What is the relationship between Molloy and his mother’s money?

10. Why does Molloy say that his previous attempts at suicide were unsuccessful?

(see the answer keys)

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