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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 did Moran give Martha after his instructions for a four o’clock mean angered her?
2. How does Moran say the murder affect his state of mind?
3. What did Moran tell his son to get, when Gaber arrived with his message?
4. What does Moran have to collect from the ground around the dead man?
5. What did Moran tell Gaber about his instructions?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Martha learn that Moran and his son were going away?
2. How does Moran characterize the man who hailed him on the second night?
3. How does Moran’s report end, at the end of Part II?
4. How does Moran characterize the scene that led up to his departure with his son?
5. What did Gaber tell Moran that Youdi had told him?
6. What does Moran say are topics that never crossed his mind?
7. What does Moran describe about his bees?
8. What was Moran’s reaction when he received the orders from Gaber?
9. What does Moran say is the value of finishing a job like this?
10. How did it come to pass that Moran killed the man?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When is Molloy most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
Essay Topic 2
Molloy can be described as a surrealist or an existentialist novel. How well do these descriptions fit the book? Where do these terms fit it well? Where is the fit imprecise? In your experience, what are the books Molloy most resembles?
Essay Topic 3
Evaluate your own reading of Molloy—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
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