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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 never crossed his mind?

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

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

4. What does Moran say the term “Ballybaba” describes?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gaber tell Moran that Youdi had told him?

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

3. Who was the first person who came to Moran’s shelter?

4. How does Moran’s report end, at the end of Part II?

5. How did Martha learn that Moran and his son were going away?

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

7. How does Part II open?

8. What does Moran describe about his bees?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What do we know about the source of Molloy’s malaise and his cultural position, and what can we extrapolate about his mindset, and any traumas he might have been formed by? What does Molloy tell us about the psychological effects of damage and trauma? What does it mean to be healthy in Molloy’s world? Is it possible?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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