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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. In "Place-Names: The Place: Part II," what does M. de Charlus accuse the narrator of?
(a) Not caring about his grandmother.
(b) Not knowing what love is.
(c) Not having traveled enough.
(d) Not liking the right type of literature.

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

3. What happened at Combray to make the narrator appreciate art?
(a) Francoise got into a fight with another maid.
(b) A cat took care of another cat.
(c) A kitchen-maid got pregnant.
(d) His mother started collecting art.

4. In "Place-Names," how does the narrator feel the day M. Swann picks up Gilberte from playing?
(a) Excited.
(b) Impressed.
(c) Upset.
(d) Afraid.

5. While in Balbec, what does the narrator offer a local girl who delivers a note for him?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Five francs.
(c) Dinner.
(d) A hug.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mme. Swann do in "Place-Names" that causes people to talk?

2. How does Aunt Leonie imagine her family dying when she is very bored in "Combray"?

3. In "Combray," what writer does M. Swann know?

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

5. According to Bergotte, what does illness do?

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