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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 & 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does the grandmother tell stories to the narrator and his sister?
(a) The Paris flood.
(b) The Russian revolution.
(c) The flood of the Danube.
(d) The Spanish revolution.

2. How does the narrator sometimes use his scarf?
(a) To pull himself onto the roof of the school.
(b) To hide his birthmark.
(c) To summon a taxi.
(d) To pull Pashka out of the water.

3. How does the narrator see his country for the first time from an outsider?
(a) In viewing the French play, "Les Femmes Savantes."
(b) In reading a book about Russia written by an English author.
(c) In viewing the interaction between King Phillip and Tsar Nicholas II.
(d) In reading a book about Russia written by an American author.

4. Where is Fyodor taken for reintegration?
(a) No where.
(b) The Gulag.
(c) Leningrad.
(d) Moscow.

5. What does the narrator succeed in imagining?
(a) Joining his sister in Leningrad.
(b) The breasts of a homeless woman he once sees.
(c) Becoming a famous writer.
(d) Living in France.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the narrator spend in France after leaving his grandmother for the last time?

2. Who is shocked when the young, French boy does as he promises?

3. What does Albertine's family not understand?

4. Who is Charlotte's first love?

5. Where does the narrator seek shelter when it begins to rain?

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