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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. Where does Molloy say he sleeps?

2. How many sucking stones did Molloy make a system to accommodate?

3. What name does Molloy give for the person which whom he knew “true love” (83)?

4. What does Molloy say the only way to progress was, after his good leg started to hurt?

5. What does Molloy say is “not an easy matter” (24)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new debility did Molloy experience after his time at the seashore?

2. How does Molloy characterize his experience with the charcoal burner in the forest?

3. Where did Molloy take shelter after leaving Lousse’s place?

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

5. What does Molloy like about being at the seashore?

6. How does Molloy’s disability affect him?

7. What does Molloy say are the principles he lives by?

8. What does Molloy say keeps him going?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of women in Molloy, or of parents? How do Molloy and Moran treat the people around them, and what do they expect of women? Are they ‘normal’ men who expect ‘normal’ things of women, or are they ambiguous or asexual? What role does physical or emotional love play in Molloy, whether it is between men or women?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

What makes Molloy a pressing and relevant figure for our times? In what ways is his philosophy and literary stance no longer appropriate? Is Molloy a book for our times, or just a relic from a previous time?

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