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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. What does Moran say is his position about God?

2. When did Moran get the orders to see about Molloy?

3. What did Gaber tell Moran that Youdi had said life consisted of?

4. What does Moran say Father Ambrose was lacking, when he visited him?

5. What does Moran say he deliberately turn his attention to instead?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Gaber tell Moran when he meets him the second time?

4. What led to Moran’s son’s departure for good, the second time?

5. How does Part II open?

6. How did Moran dispose of the man’s body?

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

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

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

10. How does Moran characterize the process of dying?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

Essay Topic 2

What topics would you like to research further, after reading Molloy? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on Molloy.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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