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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would the main character cry when with his extended family?
(a) He was very scared.
(b) All of these.
(c) He was very sensitive.
(d) He was very grateful.

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

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

4. How did the narrator describe his walks through Combray?
(a) Boring.
(b) Relaxing.
(c) Enlightening.
(d) Ritualistic.

5. Where did the main character's family go on vacations?
(a) Paris.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Versailles.
(d) Combray.

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

7. Why was the main character surrounded by certain people as a child?
(a) He hated adults.
(b) He was an only child.
(c) His parents were very rich.
(d) His parents were very busy.

8. Where did the main character grow up?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Cambry.
(d) Marseilles.

9. What were Swann's visits to the main character's family a source of?
(a) All of these.
(b) Sociability.
(c) Information.
(d) Entertainment.

10. Who lived with the family member of the narrator in Combray?
(a) His mistress.
(b) Her college friends.
(c) Her servants.
(d) His wife.

11. What was different on Saturdays in Combray than the other days?
(a) Dinner was an hour earlier.
(b) Eulalie didn't come by.
(c) There was only one church meeting.
(d) The markets were open an hour longer.

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

13. Who discussed the narrator's favorite author with him?
(a) Mama.
(b) Bergotte.
(c) Swann.
(d) Uncle Adolphe.

14. Why was the narrator forbidden from seeing someone in Combray?
(a) She was known to be engaged.
(b) He had courtesans at his home.
(c) She was not worthy to marry.
(d) He was a heavy drinker.

15. Who did the main character miss while he slept?
(a) His father.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kept the owner of the house in Combray stranded in the house?

2. What was the main character's uncle's name?

3. What kind of surroundings were near the vacation home of the main character?

4. What kind of dreams did the main character have about women when he was a child?

5. What did the main character have depressing thoughts about at the beginning of the book?

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