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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Place-Names: The Name.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Place-Names," why does Gilberte tell the narrator she won't be around for long?
(a) She is starting a new school.
(b) The holidays require travel.
(c) She found a new set of friends.
(d) Her family is moving.

2. What does Mme. Swann do in "Place-Names" that causes people to talk?
(a) She pays her friends money.
(b) She travels alone.
(c) She wears short skirts.
(d) She meets new men.

3. Why does Eulalie visit Aunt Leonie every week?
(a) She owes Leonie money.
(b) She buys Leonie's cookies.
(c) M. Swann encourages her to make friends.
(d) Leonie gives her money.

4. In "Overture," what does the narrator's father give him after dinner?
(a) A book.
(b) A lecture.
(c) Dessert.
(d) Money.

5. What makes the Verdurins finally disapprove of Swann in "Swann In Love"?
(a) Swann disagreeing with them.
(b) Swann having a physical relationship with Odette.
(c) Swann's profession.
(d) Swann's taste in music.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they are in Paris, why does Odette want money from Swann?

2. When does the narrator send his mother a note in "Overture"?

3. In "Combray," what writer does M. Swann know?

4. In "Place-Names," how does the narrator feel the day M. Swann picks up Gilberte from playing?

5. Which day of the week is dinner served early at Combray?

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