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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mme. de Saint-Loup's house?
(a) The boarding house were the narrator stays.
(b) The narrator's aunt's business.
(c) A place the narrator visited when he was younger.
(d) A restaurant that is open late.

2. Who thinks that the narrator should be allowed time to play outside as a boy?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) His grandfather.

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

4. In "Overture," what makes the narrator think he will be sent back to school?
(a) For sinning.
(b) For skipping classes.
(c) For failing.
(d) Because he asks to be sent back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What conclusion does the narrator's family draw about M. Legrandin in "Combray"?

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

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

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

5. What often happens to the narrator during the night in "Overture"?

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