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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. In "Swann In Love," what explanation is given for Mme. de Verdurin's health palpitations?
(a) Her love of good food.
(b) Her fine taste in art.
(c) Her stressful career.
(d) Her husband's infidelities.

2. In "Overture," what does the narrator say has "intellectual profit"?
(a) His father's speeches.
(b) His grandfather's jokes.
(c) His mother's writing.
(d) His grandmother's gifts.

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

4. In "Place-Names," where does the narrator find Gilbert they day she is not at the park?
(a) At her house.
(b) At a friend's house.
(c) At his house.
(d) At a department store.

5. Overall, what conclusion does the narrator draw about Gilberte's feelings for him in "Place-Names"?
(a) She gets bored of him.
(b) She is in love.
(c) She is afraid of him.
(d) She is indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who visits the narrator's family most often when he is a young boy?

3. What does the narrator say happened to his belief in the elegance of women?

4. How does Francoise feel when he watches the cavalry march past his yard?

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

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