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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Combray?
(a) Just outside the capital.
(b) On an old river.
(c) In a large city.
(d) In the country.

2. In "Overture," what does the narrator's grandmother buy him for his birthday?
(a) Toys.
(b) She gives him money.
(c) Books.
(d) Clothes.

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

4. Why doesn't the narrator's mother visit Mlle. Vinteuil in "Combray"?
(a) She thinks the girl hates everyone.
(b) She thinks the girl stole her mother's money.
(c) She thinks the girl caused her father's death.
(d) She thinks the girl is wicked.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator's mother sleep in his room in "Overture"?

2. Who is Francoise?

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

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

5. In "Overture," what does the narrator say has "intellectual profit"?

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