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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. What does Mme. Swann do in "Place-Names" that causes people to talk?
(a) She wears short skirts.
(b) She pays her friends money.
(c) She meets new men.
(d) She travels alone.

2. Why does Dr. Cottard rise in society?
(a) He marries into the Swann family.
(b) He receives a large sum of money.
(c) He tricks people.
(d) He is a gifted doctor.

3. In "Mme. Swann at Home," what opinion does M. de Norpois have about Mme. Swann?
(a) He says she is clever.
(b) He says she is funny.
(c) He says she is charming.
(d) He says she is useless.

4. In "Combray," what writer does M. Swann know?
(a) Paris.
(b) Bergotte.
(c) Eulalie.
(d) Cure.

5. Overall, what conclusion does the narrator draw about Gilberte's feelings for him in "Place-Names"?
(a) She is afraid of him.
(b) She is in love.
(c) She is indifferent.
(d) She gets bored of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Swann In Love," who does Swann refuse a dinner invitation from?

2. How does the narrator's family react to Uncle Adolphe's friends?

3. Why does Eulalie visit Aunt Leonie every week?

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

5. Why does the narrator enjoy the fall in "Place-Names"?

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