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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 Moran say is his position about God?
(a) He cannot tell one way or another.
(b) He is meant to be resisted.
(c) Hear his voice everywhere.
(d) To hell with Him.

2. Who does Moran say the man resembled, who came to him on the second day?
(a) His son.
(b) His mother.
(c) Molloy.
(d) Himself.

3. What does Moran say he notices while he is walking?
(a) His past receding.
(b) His destination coming closer.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Everything.

4. What does Moran say he wanted to do before starting out?
(a) Steep himself in the massive world.
(b) Isolate himself in his books.
(c) Bolster himself with human contact.
(d) Free himself with meditation.

5. What does Moran hear when he starts his report?
(a) A distant gong.
(b) An eagle-owl.
(c) A corncrake.
(d) A gate slamming shut.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the man comes to Moran’s shelter on the second day, he asks Moran if he has seen someone: who did he ask about?

2. What did Moran’s son say hurt him when he came downstairs for dinner at nine o’clock?

3. When did Moran get the orders to see about Molloy?

4. Moran gave his son five pounds, but when his son counted, how much money did he have?

5. What were the instructions Gaber arrived with, when he found Moran on the verge of wasting away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Moran say is the value of finishing a job like this?

2. What was Moran’s reaction when he received the orders from Gaber?

3. How did it come to pass that Moran killed the man?

4. What did Gaber tell Moran that Youdi had told him?

5. What arraignments did Moran make with Father Ambrose after Gaber’s visit?

6. What led to Moran’s son’s departure for good, the second time?

7. What justification does Moran offer for why he accepted the job from Gaber?

8. How does Moran characterize the scene that led up to his departure with his son?

9. How does Moran resolve the question of whether Molloy is really Molloy’s name?

10. What commentary does Moran make about his narration of their journey?

(see the answer keys)

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