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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. According to Bergotte, what does illness do?
(a) Ruin a good party.
(b) Let people sleep.
(c) Show who one's real friends are.
(d) Give time for intellectual pursuits.

2. In "Seascape, with Frieze of Girls," what game does the narrator fail at while playing with Albertine?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Euchre.
(c) Bocce.
(d) Ferret.

3. In "Overture," what does the narrator's family do every time a guest comes over?
(a) They leave the house if they don't like who it is.
(b) They wear their best clothing.
(c) They pretend to not know who it is.
(d) They peek at them through the window and hide.

4. In "Place-Names: The Place, Part II," how does the narrator feel when he runs into Bloch with Saint-Loup?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Proud.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Ill.

5. Why does the narrator want Saint-Loup to get them a dinner invitation to the Guermantes' in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?
(a) He wants to eat with Saint-Loup.
(b) He wants to prove himself.
(c) He wants to see her house.
(d) He's doing his mother a favor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the hotel in Balbec, how will the narrator get his grandmother's attention?

2. What do the people in Balbec appear to be mostly concerned about?

3. How much time passes between "Place-names" and "Place-Names: The Place, Part I"?

4. Who visits the narrator's grandmother alone in her room in "Guermantes Way, Part I continued"?

5. After seeing Uncle Adolphe in "Combray," why is the narrator excited?

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