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

2. What does the narrator's great-aunt Leonie brag about in "Combray"?
(a) That she has saved all her money.
(b) That she hasn't missed a day in church.
(c) That she never sleeps.
(d) That she attracts many men.

3. What makes Francoise change her opinion of Saint-Loup?
(a) She discovers he is a Republican.
(b) She finds out he has a mistress.
(c) She sees him hit a servant.
(d) She reads his letter to the editor.

4. Who does Aunt Leonie leave her estate to?
(a) The Swann family.
(b) The narrator.
(c) M. de Norpois.
(d) Uncle Adolphe.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Place-Names," what does Gilberte buy the narrator so he can remember her?

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

4. According to Bergotte, what does illness do?

5. How does the narrator describe Bloch's manners in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

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