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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many sucking stones did Molloy make a system to accommodate?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 1.
(d) 16.

3. Molloy calls his mother a “uniparous whore” (19) — What does uniparous mean?
(a) Having only one child.
(b) Mentally ill.
(c) Incontinent.
(d) Having only one eye.

4. How does Molloy characterize C?
(a) Innocent.
(b) Suspicious.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Naïve.

5. What is Molloy trying to do at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Justify his actions.
(b) Beg forgiveness.
(c) Orient himself.
(d) Find himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Molloy be taking the place of, if he stayed long with Lousse?

2. Which direction did Molloy set off in, from the alley?

3. Molloy says that he listened to Lousse for a long time—What does Molloy say was left at the end of his listening?

4. What did the charcoal burner want to share with Molloy?

5. When Molloy says that “this is life,” what was he referring to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Molloy describe his relationship with society, through his detention?

2. What is Molloy’s system for sucking stones?

3. What is Molloy’s relationship with death like?

4. Where did Molloy take shelter after leaving Lousse’s place?

5. What offer does Lousse make to Molloy?

6. What is Molloy’s distinction between death and being put to death?

7. What is Molloy’s relationship with writing?

8. How does Molloy characterize his experience with the charcoal burner in the forest?

9. What is it that Molloy finds noxious about his mother?

10. Why does Molloy say that his previous attempts at suicide were unsuccessful?

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