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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Combray.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator admire most about the church in Combray?
(a) The choir.
(b) The messages of Sunday mass.
(c) The way it looks.
(d) The help they give the poor.

2. What makes the narrator remember Combray as an adult?
(a) His grandmother's funeral.
(b) Drinking tea.
(c) Meeting M. Swann at the opera.
(d) Making coffee.

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

4. What often happens to the narrator during the night in "Overture"?
(a) He goes out with friends.
(b) He wakes up.
(c) He can't fall asleep.
(d) He stays up late.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who thinks that the narrator should be allowed time to play outside as a boy?

2. What made the narrator's family avoid Swann's Way?

3. Why does Eulalie visit Aunt Leonie every week?

4. In "Combray," where does the narrator often read?

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

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