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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moran say he has studied in bee behavior?
(a) Their food sources.
(b) Their hive construction.
(c) Their dances.
(d) Their choice of queen.

2. What does Moran say Father Ambrose was lacking, when he visited him?
(a) Insight.
(b) Nobility.
(c) Scruples.
(d) Restraint.

3. What did Moran tell Gaber about his instructions?
(a) He said that Gaber could not make him do this job.
(b) He said that he was not interested.
(c) He said that he already had another job.
(d) He said that he could not perform this job.

4. What does Moran say his instructions to his son might not withstand?
(a) The exigencies of fate.
(b) Second thoughts.
(c) The test of time.
(d) The conditions on the road.

5. Who does Moran say the man resembled, who came to him on the second day?
(a) Himself.
(b) His son.
(c) His mother.
(d) Molloy.

6. How does Moran characterize the business of describing his adventures?
(a) Riveting.
(b) Boring.
(c) Irrelevant.
(d) Tedious.

7. What does Moran say his decision to leave by autocycle reveals was present in his decision-making process?
(a) A great mystery.
(b) The pleasure principle.
(c) Fate.
(d) Chaos theory.

8. What did Moran put in his son’s milk?
(a) Sleeping powder.
(b) Tea.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Coffee.

9. What mistake did Moran make about Molloy’s name?
(a) He called him Mollose.
(b) He called him Molly.
(c) He called him Mallory.
(d) He called him Moll.

10. What regret does Molloy say he felt, after his son departed?
(a) He should have asked his son to bring him something for his knee.
(b) He should have sent his son with better directions.
(c) He should given his son more liberty.
(d) He should have sent his son with more money.

11. What does Moran say he is oblivious to, in his walking?
(a) Mockery.
(b) Everything.
(c) Directions.
(d) Criticism.

12. What did Moran deliberately turn his attention away from?
(a) The question of Molloy.
(b) The question of his future.
(c) The question of his mother.
(d) The question of his knee.

13. What does Moran say he wanted to do before starting out?
(a) Free himself with meditation.
(b) Bolster himself with human contact.
(c) Isolate himself in his books.
(d) Steep himself in the massive world.

14. As Moran writes his report, in the present moment, what does he say he filled his days with?
(a) Quiet meaning.
(b) Minor redemptions.
(c) Anxious life.
(d) Subtle patterns.

15. Who does Moran tell the farmer he was on the way to visit?
(a) Father Ambrose.
(b) His mother.
(c) His son.
(d) The Turdy Madonna.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Moran say he dreads death?

2. What does Moran say he would be inconceivable without?

3. Writing his report will help Moran survive an anguish related to what?

4. What did Moran rub iodex on, for pain relief?

5. Why does Moran say he had a hard time deciding whether to leave on his autocycle?

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