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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Molloy say he did not slit his wrists after leaving Lousse’s?
2. What does Molloy say he felt called by as he watched C?
3. How does Molloy characterize his health in the time he was with Lousse?
4. What does Molloy say C was looking around for?
5. Why does Molloy say you cannot mention everything in its proper place?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Molloy characterize his relationship with his mother?
2. How does Molloy describe his relationship with society, through his detention?
3. How long was Molloy on the road before he met Lousse, and how long did he stay with Lousse?
4. How does Molloy characterize Lousse’s physical appearance, and what did she have in common with Edith/Ruth?
5. What is Molloy’s character like?
6. How does Molloy’s disability affect him?
7. How does Molloy characterize his relationship with his body below the waste?
8. What does Molloy say he could not stay in the forest?
9. What does Molloy like about being at the seashore?
10. How does Molloy characterize his experience with the charcoal burner in the forest?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the difference between Molloy and Moran? How are they similar, how are they different? Are they complimentary or opposed, in the universe Beckett sets up in Molloy?
Essay Topic 2
Molloy can be described as a surrealist or an existentialist novel. How well do these descriptions fit the book? Where do these terms fit it well? Where is the fit imprecise? In your experience, what are the books Molloy most resembles?
Essay Topic 3
Identify the most important plot points in Molloy. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?
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