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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the narrator admit when discussing his grandmother's descriptions of France?
(a) Not knowing why his grandmother comes to Russia.
(b) Not understanding his grandmother's memories.
(c) Not understanding Russian culture.
(d) Not knowing where reality and fantasy intersect.

2. What does Albertine's family not understand?
(a) Why she would stay in Russia.
(b) Why she is friendly with the narrator's family.
(c) Why she refuses to learn French.
(d) Why she wants to return to France.

3. Why does Albertine become lost to the world?
(a) Because of France's policy towards ex-patriots.
(b) Because of her dependence on morphine.
(c) Because of Russia's policy towards ex-patriots.
(d) Because of the death of her mother.

4. Who is described as an absolute monarch?
(a) Tsar Nicholas II.
(b) Catherine the Great.
(c) King Louis XVIII.
(d) Queen Victoria.

5. In what context does the narrator imagine the French villages his grandmother describes?
(a) In the context of WWI.
(b) In the context of Russian villages.
(c) In the context of the French tourists the narrator has met.
(d) In the context of the Napoleonic Wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of collection does the narrator recall unwrapping with his sister?

2. What does Albertine leave behind?

3. How old is Charlotte the last time she speaks to Albertine?

4. What woman does the narrator introduce at the opening?

5. What does the narrator's grandmother press into the narrator's hand when the narrator is in bed?

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