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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. Why must the narrator cancel his travel plans in "Place-Names"?
(a) Lack of money.
(b) Illness.
(c) Work.
(d) He starts school.

2. Why is Swann often late to the Verdurin's parties in "Swann In Love"?
(a) Because he is seeing another girl.
(b) Because he doesn't have a watch.
(c) Because he doesn't care.
(d) Because he picked up a second job.

3. How does the narrator's father believe Mme. de Villeparisis will be able to inspire the narrator's writing?
(a) With her husband, the philosopher.
(b) With her literature collection.
(c) With her beauty.
(d) With her school of wit.

4. What religion does Blotch practice?
(a) Buddism.
(b) Luthern.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Judiasm.

5. What art does M. Vinteuil dabble in?
(a) Writing.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Music composition.
(d) Oil painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reputation of Marquise Robert de Saint-Loup?

2. Where does Mme. de Villeparisis take the narrator in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

3. Why can't Saint-Loup introduce the narrator to Mme. Guermantes in Paris in "Guermantes Way, Part I"?

4. What is Mme. de Saint-Loup's house?

5. How does the narrator's grandmother embarrass the narrator in "Place-Names: The Place, Part II"?

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