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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Place-Names: The Name.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did the main character send a note to about needing his mother?
(a) The house guest.
(b) The housekeeper.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

3. What did the narrator like NOT doing while in Combray?
(a) Going on walks.
(b) Attending the theater.
(c) Going to dinner parties.
(d) Fighting with his father.

4. Why was the bad treatment to Swann ironic?
(a) He enjoyed his time there.
(b) He was higher class.
(c) He was a good man.
(d) He was rude to them as well.

5. What did the Verdurins call their group of friends?
(a) The angels.
(b) The group.
(c) The ones.
(d) The nucleus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the narrator feel about Combray?

2. Which of these was NOT a walking route in Combray?

3. What kind of friends did the Verdurins like to have?

4. Who did the main character miss while he slept?

5. What did Swann send to Odette after he was rejected?

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