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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. How does Moran characterize himself?
2. What did Moran give Martha after his instructions for a four o’clock mean angered her?
3. How does Moran characterize the job Gaber wanted him to do?
4. Why does Moran say he was doing what he was doing with regard to Molloy?
5. How does Moran characterize himself in his thoughts about Molloy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Moran describe about his bees?
2. What justification does Moran offer for why he accepted the job from Gaber?
3. What is Moran’s pleasure principle, and how did it affect his decisions around his departure?
4. What commentary does Moran make about his narration of their journey?
5. What does Moran say is the value of finishing a job like this?
6. How does Moran characterize his trip to the garden before his departure?
7. How did it come to pass that Moran killed the man?
8. What is the naming convention that Moran describes for the region around Bally?
9. What does Gaber tell Moran when he meets him the second time?
10. Under what conditions do Moran and his son part for the first time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When is Molloy most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
Essay Topic 2
Write an evaluative review of Molloy. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful?What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 3
How does the narrator of Molloy know things, and what complicates the act or the sensation of knowing? What does it mean to him, to know or not know? What kind of world does he live in, where knowing is subject to so many uncertainties?
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