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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 too handsome for his own good.
(b) He says that he is not a pretty sight.
(c) He says that he is normal.
(d) He says that he is invisible.

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

3. What does Molloy say three knocks on his mother’s head meant?
(a) Money.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) I don’t know.

4. How does Molloy characterize the son he might have had, who would come to visit him?
(a) Queer.
(b) Violent.
(c) Happy.
(d) Frightening.

5. What does Molloy say is easier for him at the seashore?
(a) Finding things.
(b) Losing things.
(c) Naming things.
(d) Remembering things.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Molloy characterize Lousse?

2. What does Molloy say bothered him about Edith?

3. What did the charcoal burner want to share with Molloy?

4. How does Molloy characterize the internal voices that tell him to stay or to go?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Molloy’s relationship with death like?

2. What is the difference between the Molloy who is writing and the Molloy who was living through the experiences Molloy writes?

3. How did Molloy meet Lousse, and what reason did Lousse give for taking him to her home?

4. What is Molloy’s system for sucking stones?

5. How does Molloy characterize his relationship with Lousse?

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

7. How does Molloy characterize Lousse’s physical appearance, and what did she have in common with Edith/Ruth?

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

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

10. How does Molloy characterize his relationship with his mother?

(see the answer keys)

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