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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. Who does the narrator's mother say she does not want to know in the Swann family?
(a) M. Swann.
(b) Old man Swann.
(c) Mme. Swann.
(d) Gilberte Swann.

2. What is the reputation of Marquise Robert de Saint-Loup?
(a) He is violent.
(b) He is sloppy.
(c) He is a womanizer.
(d) He is a fool.

3. In "Place-Names," who tells the narrator to avoid excitement?
(a) Odette.
(b) His mother.
(c) Gilberte.
(d) His doctor.

4. Who does M. Bloch pretend to know in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?
(a) Lord Stanley.
(b) Mme. Swann.
(c) Livernois.
(d) Bergotte.

5. What made the narrator's family avoid Swann's Way?
(a) It was too long of a walk.
(b) The service fee.
(c) Swann's marriage.
(d) The crime along the path.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gilberte send the narrator a copy of a Bergotte book?

2. Why must the narrator cancel his travel plans in "Place-Names"?

3. What does the narrator buy a picture of for himself at the beginning of the new year in "Mme. Swann at Home"?

4. Who takes the narrator to Champs-Elysees every day in "Place-Names"?

5. In "Mme. Swann at Home," what do the Swanns brag about in front of the narrator?

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