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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 does the narrator's "magic lantern" do?
(a) Turn off once it is daylight.
(b) Record his favorite songs.
(c) Pick up radio broadcasts.
(d) Project pictures on the wall.

2. In "Swann In Love," why can't Swann leave Paris?
(a) He has a funeral to attend.
(b) He missed the last boat.
(c) He doesn't have the money.
(d) Odette is there.

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

4. In "Place-Names," what does Gilberte buy the narrator so he can remember her?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A marble.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) A comic book.

5. In "Swann In Love," what does Swann say he is studying whenever he is with Odette?
(a) Art.
(b) History.
(c) His future.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator's great-aunt Leonie brag about in "Combray"?

3. What does Gilberte say to the narrator that upsets him when they play in the park at Champs-Elysees as children?

4. When does the narrator send his mother a note in "Overture"?

5. What art does M. Vinteuil dabble in?

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