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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Swann In Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the owner of the Combray house obsessed with?
(a) Her imaginary illnesses.
(b) The townspeople.
(c) His mistress.
(d) His trust fund.

2. What did Odette do from time to time after she rejected Swann?
(a) Asked Swann for money.
(b) Went to see him.
(c) Sent letters to Swann.
(d) Invited Swann to parties.

3. Who introduced Swann to the Verdurins?
(a) Mama.
(b) Bergotte.
(c) Father.
(d) Odette.

4. What did the main character have depressing thoughts about at the beginning of the book?
(a) Watching a storm.
(b) Moving from his home.
(c) Lonely people.
(d) Scary women.

5. What did Swann realize after watching Odette in the rain one night?
(a) She was not worth his time.
(b) It was not Odette he was watching.
(c) He was at the wrong bar.
(d) He was looking at the wrong window.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the main character call his mother?

2. Where would the main character listen to something he loved as a child?

3. What expanded as the narrator walked in Combray?

4. What did the meal with the main character's mother at the beginning of the book make him think of?

5. What was the narrator doing when he met Charles' daughter?

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