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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Combray.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were all the streets in Combray named after?
(a) Presidents.
(b) Birds.
(c) Saints.
(d) Countries.

2. What did the main character call his mother?
(a) Madre.
(b) Mother.
(c) Mama.
(d) Mommy.

3. What did the narrator say Eulalie was good at?
(a) Singing.
(b) Keeping secrets.
(c) Gossiping.
(d) Being pretty.

4. What did the narrator say dominated the town of Combray?
(a) A town hall.
(b) A church.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The train station.

5. How did the main character meet Swann?
(a) He was his father's employee.
(b) He was an uncle.
(c) He was a family friend.
(d) He was his father's employer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the main character's mother allow him to do even when it was inappropriate?

2. Why was the main character surrounded by certain people as a child?

3. What did the narrator compare works of art to in Combray?

4. What were Swann's visits to the main character's family a source of?

5. Who was the narrator forbidden to see in Combray?

(see the answer key)

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