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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Place-Names: The Place, Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bergotte, what does illness do?
(a) Give time for intellectual pursuits.
(b) Ruin a good party.
(c) Show who one's real friends are.
(d) Let people sleep.

2. What does Uncle Adolphe suggest Swann do to get Odette to love him more?
(a) Become friends with her father.
(b) Do whatever she says.
(c) Stay away from her.
(d) Buy her presents.

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

4. How does Francoise feel when he watches the cavalry march past his yard?
(a) She feels angry.
(b) She feels proud.
(c) She feels happy.
(d) She feels sad.

5. How does the narrator afford the gifts he buys for the Swanns in "Mme Swann at Home"?
(a) He sells his aunt's things.
(b) He sells his father's collectables.
(c) He sells his old toys.
(d) He finds a part-time job.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Place-Names," what happens the day the narrator fears Gilberte Swann will not come to play?

2. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," what does M. de Charlus give the narrator before bed?

3. In "Place-Names," why does the narrator sometimes go to Allee des Acacias?

4. Why doesn't the narrator's mother visit Mlle. Vinteuil in "Combray"?

5. Why does M. de Norpois want to introduce the narrator to his son?

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