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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pages 35, from the sentence that starts, “I had so to speak only one leg…” through page 54, the sentence that starts “Yes, that struck me as less strange…”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Molloy say two knocks on his mother’s head meant?
(a) Yes.
(b) I don’t know.
(c) No.
(d) Money.

2. Which way does Molloy say C was going, after he met A?
(a) Away from town.
(b) Toward town.
(c) Into the forest.
(d) Toward the sea.

3. What does Molloy say it would be madness not to do?
(a) Say goodbye.
(b) See his mother.
(c) Walk to the next town.
(d) Leave the house.

4. What does Molloy say a man in his position must be able to relish?
(a) Anger.
(b) Grace.
(c) Filth.
(d) Forgiveness.

5. How does Molloy characterize the internal voices that tell him to stay or to go?
(a) Two devils.
(b) A mother and a father.
(c) Two fools.
(d) An angel and a devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Molloy say three knocks on his mother’s head meant?

2. How does Molloy characterize his own appearance?

3. How does Molloy characterize human nature, in discussing C’s travels through the landscape?

4. What does Molloy say he felt called by as he watched C?

5. What is Molloy trying to do at the beginning of the novel?

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