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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 expanded as the narrator walked in Combray?
(a) His love for Mama.
(b) His imagination.
(c) His desire.
(d) His dreams.

2. What did the narrator say Swann's love was NOT?
(a) A feeling.
(b) A permanence.
(c) An obsession.
(d) An emotion.

3. What holiday did the narrator talk about at the beginning of 'Combray'?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Easter.

4. What obsessed Swann about Odette after she rejected him?
(a) Her behavior.
(b) All of these.
(c) Her looks.
(d) Her thoughts.

5. How did the main character think bedrooms were supposed to feel?
(a) Bright and welcoming.
(b) Warm and cozy.
(c) Safe and familiar.
(d) Dark and alluring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reminded the narrator of Paris while he was in Combray?

2. What does the narrator say ruined much of his travels?

3. What drove the narrator's family crazy when he fell for Gilberte?

4. What was the main character obessed with?

5. Who did the narrator like interacting with in Combray?

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