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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Swann concentrate on when Odette rejected him?
(a) Making more money.
(b) Getting her back.
(c) Relaxing his mind.
(d) Making her jealous.

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 did the narrator do in hopes of seeing Gilberte after she stopped playing with him?
(a) Sent letters.
(b) Attended parties.
(c) Went to her house.
(d) Changed the routes of his walks.

4. Who was the narrator's governess?
(a) Odette.
(b) Francoise.
(c) Bergotte.
(d) Maria.

5. How does the narrator want to plan his travels?
(a) He wants his mother's ghost to lead him.
(b) He wants the train to take him where it will.
(c) He wants to drift at sea until ports are found.
(d) He wants women to tell him where to go.

6. What did Swann refuse to give Odette after he watched her in the rain?
(a) Wine.
(b) Jewelery.
(c) Money.
(d) A kiss.

7. Why does the narrator prefer his dreams to reality?
(a) All of these.
(b) The dreams were private.
(c) The dreams were safer.
(d) The dreams were more beautiful.

8. What does the narrator say ruined much of his travels?
(a) Illnessess.
(b) Anticipation.
(c) Rudeness.
(d) Pride.

9. What did Swann try to avoid after being rejected by Odette?
(a) His heart ache.
(b) Her judgment.
(c) His wounded ego.
(d) Her wrath.

10. What became Swann's first priority after being rejected by Odette?
(a) His social standing.
(b) His health.
(c) His wealth.
(d) Getting her back.

11. What senses remind the narrator of dreams?
(a) Sound and sight.
(b) Touch and smell.
(c) Sight and smell.
(d) Touch and taste.

12. How did the narrator know when Gilberte got closer to him?
(a) She held his hand.
(b) She asked his governess questions about him.
(c) She sought him out.
(d) She called him by his first name.

13. How does the narrator want to travel?
(a) By rail.
(b) On foot.
(c) By air.
(d) On a boat.

14. What makes the narrator feel life and pleasure?
(a) Sailing.
(b) Getting on the rail.
(c) Thinking of his mother.
(d) Writing.

15. Where did Swann meet Odette?
(a) Versailles.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Combray.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Swann wish about himself after he was rejected by Odette?

2. What did the narrator realize when Gilberte stopped playing with him?

3. What obsessed Swann about Odette after she rejected him?

4. What about Gilberte did the narrator hope to make a union with?

5. What was the narrator obsessed with before he fell in love with Gilberte?

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