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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 Moran characterize the job Gaber wanted him to do?
(a) Inscrutable.
(b) Childishly simple.
(c) Impossible.
(d) Terribly complex.

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

3. What does Moran say he would be inconceivable without?
(a) His monocle.
(b) His moustache.
(c) His hat.
(d) His cape.

4. How does Moran say he learned to pedal his bike?
(a) Backwards.
(b) Without bending his knees.
(c) With one leg.
(d) Sidesaddle.

5. Who did Moran try to keep in the dark about his departure?
(a) Martha.
(b) His son.
(c) Gaber.
(d) Youdi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moran tell Gaber about his instructions?

2. How does Moran characterize his son’s progress?

3. What did Moran give Martha after his instructions for a four o’clock mean angered her?

4. What does Moran say took place before his son departed for good?

5. What did Moran send his son to buy in the town of Hole?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Part II open?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What rule does Moran say is evidenced in his decision not to let his son bring his stamp albums with him on the trip?

10. How does Moran characterize the landscape around Bally?

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