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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 husband's infidelities.
(b) Her love of good food.
(c) Her fine taste in art.
(d) Her stressful career.

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

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

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

5. Why doesn't the narrator's mother visit Mlle. Vinteuil in "Combray"?
(a) She thinks the girl hates everyone.
(b) She thinks the girl is wicked.
(c) She thinks the girl caused her father's death.
(d) She thinks the girl stole her mother's money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator's mother say she does not want to know in the Swann family?

2. In "Place-Names," why does the narrator sometimes go to Allee des Acacias?

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

4. In "Swann In Love," what does Swann say he is studying whenever he is with Odette?

5. What makes the narrator remember Combray as an adult?

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