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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What art does M. Vinteuil dabble in?
(a) Oil painting.
(b) Music composition.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Writing.

2. Swann tends to court what type of lady?
(a) He doesn't have a specific type.
(b) Ones who participate in the arts.
(c) Ones from higher social statuses.
(d) Ones from lower social statuses.

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

4. How does Aunt Leonie imagine her family dying when she is very bored in "Combray"?
(a) Disease.
(b) A robbery.
(c) Drowning.
(d) In a fire.

5. Why does the narrator enjoy the fall in "Place-Names"?
(a) He can go back to school.
(b) The leaves crunch.
(c) It reminds him of love.
(d) He feels it's his new start.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swann consider after hearing a song played on the piano at the Verdurin's?

2. In "Overture," how does the narrator's mother comfort him when he is crying?

3. In "Overture," what makes the narrator think he will be sent back to school?

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

5. What does Swann come to realize about his relationship with Odette at the end of "Swann In Love"?

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