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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 were the instructions Gaber arrived with, when he found Moran on the verge of wasting away?
(a) Go home instantly.
(b) Stay where you are.
(c) Find your son.
(d) Proceed to Molloy.

2. What kind of noise did Moran hear from his son’s room before he woke him?
(a) A deep silence.
(b) A strangling noise.
(c) A pregnant pause.
(d) A whispering noise.

3. Why does Moran say he had a hard time deciding whether to leave on his autocycle?
(a) He did not know where he was going.
(b) He did not know whether he could trust his son to drive it.
(c) It might make Molloy harder to find.
(d) It would reduce the time but increase the expense.

4. What quality does Moran say defined the features of the man who came to him on the second day?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Dissatisfaction.
(c) Revulsion.
(d) Harmony.

5. What does Moran say he swept himself clean of after his son left?
(a) Forms.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Hopes.
(d) Despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Moran characterize the business of describing his adventures?

2. Who did Moran try to keep in the dark about his departure?

3. How does Moran characterize the job Gaber wanted him to do?

4. As Moran writes his report, in the present moment, what does he say he filled his days with?

5. How long did Moran remain in the place where his son abandoned him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Moran’s pleasure principle, and how did it affect his decisions around his departure?

5. What does Moran say are topics that never crossed his mind?

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

7. How does Moran characterize his relationship with hope, after his son left?

8. How does Moran characterize the system by which messengers carried their messages to agents?

9. What is the first cause of tension between Moran and his son, after they leave?

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

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