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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Aunt Leonie imagine her family dying when she is very bored in "Combray"?
(a) Disease.
(b) Drowning.
(c) In a fire.
(d) A robbery.

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

4. When does the narrator send his mother a note in "Overture"?
(a) On her birthday.
(b) During a dinner party.
(c) When he is away at camp.
(d) When she goes to work.

5. After seeing Uncle Adolphe in "Combray," why is the narrator excited?
(a) Because his uncle gave him money.
(b) Because his uncle promised to make him an actor.
(c) Because his uncle kissed an actress' hand.
(d) Because his uncle is producing a play.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who visits the narrator's family most often when he is a young boy?

4. Why doesn't the narrator's mother visit Mlle. Vinteuil in "Combray"?

5. What does the narrator's "magic lantern" do?

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