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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, pages 74, from the sentence, “It was a wild part of the coast” through the end of Part I on page 91..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Molloy say you cannot mention everything in its proper place?
(a) You cannot speak things’ names correctly.
(b) Things do not have proper places.
(c) You would never be done.
(d) Things keep moving.

2. When Molloy says that “this is life,” what was he referring to?
(a) Picking through trash.
(b) Being taken care of by Lousse.
(c) Traveling to his mother.
(d) Making love with Edith.

3. How does Molloy characterize the son he might have had, who would come to visit him?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Queer.
(c) Happy.
(d) Violent.

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

5. How does Molloy characterize Lousse?
(a) A woman of masculine musculature.
(b) A woman of delicate graces.
(c) A woman of extraordinary flatness.
(d) A woman of bountiful curves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Molloy say that he ought to have been buried alive?

2. Why does Molloy say he will never finish his list of weak points?

3. Who does Molloy say he thought might be one and the same person?

4. Under what condition does Molloy say he could show what he was made of?

5. How does Molloy characterize the internal voices that tell him to stay or to go?

(see the answer key)

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