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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Guermantes Way, Part I continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Combray?
(a) In a large city.
(b) On an old river.
(c) Just outside the capital.
(d) In the country.

2. What happens right before the Verdurins stop inviting Swann to their parties?
(a) Odette gets in a fight with Swann.
(b) Swann disagrees with their politics.
(c) Odette accepts a ride from someone else.
(d) Swann insults a dignitary.

3. How does the narrator's family react to Uncle Adolphe's friends?
(a) They disapprove.
(b) They are mean to them.
(c) They never meet them.
(d) They love them.

4. What does the narrator buy a picture of for himself at the beginning of the new year in "Mme. Swann at Home"?
(a) Gilberte.
(b) Berma.
(c) His mother.
(d) Paris.

5. Who does the narrator's grandmother feel Mme. de Villeparisis is connected to socially?
(a) The Stermarias.
(b) The Swanns.
(c) The Guermantes.
(d) The hotel staff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator admire most about the church in Combray?

2. What does Gilberte do the first time the narrator sees her?

3. When they are in Paris, why does Odette want money from Swann?

4. Why do the narrator and his family move into Hotel de Guermantes?

5. What does Alix think of Mme. de Villeparisis's picture of the Duchesse?

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