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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator's "magic lantern" do?
(a) Pick up radio broadcasts.
(b) Turn off once it is daylight.
(c) Project pictures on the wall.
(d) Record his favorite songs.

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

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

5. What does the narrator's great-aunt Leonie brag about in "Combray"?
(a) That she never sleeps.
(b) That she attracts many men.
(c) That she hasn't missed a day in church.
(d) That she has saved all her money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator admire most about the church in Combray?

2. What art does M. Vinteuil dabble in?

3. When does the narrator say his mother did not kiss him goodnight as a small child?

4. In "Overture," what makes the narrator think he will be sent back to school?

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

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