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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Guermantes Way, Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the narrator and his grandmother visit Mme. de Sevigne in "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?
(a) On their way home from Balbec.
(b) On their way to Balbec.
(c) In Paris, before they leave.
(d) In Balbed.

2. What does Alix think of Mme. de Villeparisis's picture of the Duchesse?
(a) She thinks it's a fake.
(b) She thinks it's too small.
(c) She thinks it's too large.
(d) She thinks it's tacky.

3. What does Swann leave behind the first time he visits Odette's house?
(a) A cigarette case.
(b) A pair of cuff links.
(c) His jacket.
(d) His keys.

4. How much time passes between "Place-names" and "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Four years.

5. What does the narrator say he admires most about Mme. de Sevigne?
(a) Her looks.
(b) Her intellect.
(c) Her patience.
(d) Her card playing skills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the narrator and his family move into Hotel de Guermantes?

2. When they are in Paris, why does Odette want money from Swann?

3. What makes the Verdurins finally disapprove of Swann in "Swann In Love"?

4. What does Rachel discuss that makes the narrator find her "malicious" in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?

5. In "Place-Names, The Place: Part I," why can't the narrator talk to M. de Stermaria's daughter?

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